Health

[ad_1] Most teachers say their main challenge is ensuring the presence of students during online classes. KUALA LUMPUR: Complaints by some netizens on social networks about teachers “makan gaji buta”, which translates into “receiving a salary for doing nothing”, after the closure of schools during the movement control order (MCO) …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The labor recalibration plan only allows employers to legalize foreign workers who are already under their employment and the new hires that are taken from immigration depots, the immigration authorities clarify. Its CEO, Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud (Photo) said that employers cannot accept illegal immigrants and request their …

[ad_1] NOW ROUNDING | These are the key headlines you may have missed, shortly. 1. Perak Menteri Kissing Ahmad Faizal Azumu | has been ousted from office after losing a vote of confidence, becoming the fourth executive director of the country to meet this result. Although he promised a peaceful …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The result of the special meeting of the muzakarah committee on the use of the Covid-19 vaccine among Muslims in Malaysia is expected to be known next week, after it is presented and approved by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri ‘ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Conference …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Fitch downgraded Malaysia’s sovereign credit rating to BBB + from A- with a stable outlook, noting that the government’s rapid response to the Covid-19 pandemic and material relief measures have added to the tax burden of the country. Credit rating agencies have taken more than 220 negative …

[ad_1] Everyone, or so it seems, is talking about the vaccines that have been developed to combat Covid-19 and how soon they will be available. Some talk about possible side effects, others about the cost of vaccination. My question is whether vaccination will be mandatory in Malaysia. What if someone …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – A production worker at the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove lamented that conditions in his company-provided Malaysian accommodation are dire. “Each room has between eight and 12 workers, and we share a bathroom,” the young migrant worker told The Straits Times, on condition of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US leaders urgently called on Americans to wear masks and threatened even more drastic stay-at-home orders after coronavirus deaths set a single-day record, with two people killed every minute. More than 213,830 new cases and 2,861 deaths were reported Thursday, according to a Reuters tally of …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPURA total of 1,075 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the country today along with 11 deaths, the second highest daily rate of victims since the pandemic hit the country earlier this year. Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said three of the new …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Koreans were urged to cancel the Christmas and New Years holidays on Friday (December 4) as daily cases of coronavirus hit a nine-month high and the government will impose stricter social distancing rules in Seoul to stop a third wave of infections. Health authorities reported 629 new …