GEDONG, Oct 18 2026: The mobile laboratory unit of Sarawak Infectious Disease Centre (SIDC) will be run a disease surveillance programme across Sarawak to identify trends of infectious diseases that a particular area has, Premier Abang Johari Openg said today.
He said this is to help the state government to control or eliminate the spread of the infectious diseases.
"If our health is affected, our productivity and our daily work will also be affected," he told reporters after launching the disease surveillance programme run by the mobile laboratory unit in Lubok Buntin here.
He said if the unit is able to produce samples from their researches and findings, the state government can come up with solutions to the curb or eliminate the infectious diseases from spreading.
He said the disease surveillance programme will be carried out throughout Sarawak, including in Kuching and Serian divisions.
"We are looking at the lifestyles of the people, and it is possible that certain disease occurs in a particular area.
"One of which is cancer. This cancer can be prevented if we change our lifestyles and control the food we eat," he said.
At this moment, the premier said it has been found out that Kapit has a different kind of common disease and Simanggang has another.
"This is the kind of thing that we are conducting research on. We want to look at the trend. It is possible that we can come up with medicines from our natural diversity sources to cure the diseases.
"Among the diseases is Malaria which common in the tropical countries," Abang Johari said.
He added in Lubok Buntin, there are indications of the occurrence of worm infection among the people who may be infected through walking bare-footed or the water they drink or food they eat.
"we want to get the actual data so that can find solutions," he said.
The premier said there is an increasing trend among the people in Sarikei suffering from diabetes and in Sibu, there seems to be more people suffering from obesity.
"The other day, I was joking with Dr Annuar that obesity may be due to eating too much kampua mee, without control," he said, referring to Dr Annuar Rapaee, Nangka State Legislative Member and Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development.
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