Sarawak is taking a step further in dealing with infectious disease when the state government allocates RM200 million to build a research centre which would begin its construction this year.

Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg today said the research centre would be of international stature and located adjacent to the Sarawak Heart Centre along the Kuching-Samarahan Corridor in Kota Samarahan.

“The development of the centre is to ensure outbreak preparedness and to spearhead the fight against future pandemics in Sarawak," he told a press conference...