Fairuz Zainal's Oral History

- Fairuz Zainal (pseudonym), 39 years old female
- Malay Bruneian Chinese
- Medical Doctor
- Frontliner who conducted swabbing at national swabbing centre
- Involved in community work/ charitable drives
- Mother of two children
- Self-isolation from family members by choice due to high risk of exposure at work
- Wore mask, gloves, and sanitised hands when going back home to collect essentials
- Challenging when had to conduct swabbing tests on Special Needs community

February 9, 2021

English

Biography 1-2
- Family 3, 9, 14, 16-17
--- Children separation 3-4, 10
--- Nanny 3, 10-11

Bruneian Government
- Covid-response 2, 8, 12, 14
- Border closure 8-9
- Contact tracing 8
- Ministry of Health press briefings 14-15
- Travel Restrictions 9, 16, 19

Communication
- News 2
- Social Media 2, 6, 13

Daily Routine
- Food 14
- Hand sanitizer 4, 14
- Masks 4
- Panic buying 4
- Toilet Paper 4

Job
- Frontliner 3, 5-6, 11, 13, 15-17
--- Rural community support 11-12
- Hospital 17
- Medical Doctor 2
- Swabber 3

Memory and trauma
- H1N1 5

Mobility during pandemic
- School 3, 8-9, 11
--- Online schooling 3, 9-11

Response measures for Covid-19
- Hygiene 8
- Masking up 5, 8, 14
- Swabbing test Centers 4, 7
- Vaccine 19

Space 3, 14

Support
- Food Donations 6, 13
- Mental Health 15, 18
- NGO 12-13