Health

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as its competitor Moderna, submitted applications for approval of their Covid-19 vaccines, the Xinhua news agency reported according to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday. Companies are seeking “conditional marketing authorization” for their vaccines. Authorization will be granted after the …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Deaths from Covid-19 in the United States topped 270,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, the Xinhua news agency reports. With the number of cases nationwide topping 13.6 million, the death toll in the United States rose …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Although Malaysians live longer, there have been notable health inequalities across states, genders and ethnicities, with health problems more prevalent among low-income people. The president of the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI), Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop (file photo below), said that the latest report from the expert …

[ad_1] ISKANDAR PUTERI: Thirteen hotels in Johor were forced to close when the Covid-19 pandemic began to affect the tourism industry. Coupled with the closure of the border with Singapore, it was a double whammy for industry players in the state. The chairman of the State Committee for Tourism, Youth …

[ad_1] Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari says that cargo workers at KLIA will be isolated and screened for Covid-19. SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government has announced three new initiatives to curb the spread of Covid-19. The initiatives, agreed during the 14th special meeting of the Selangor Security Council, are to …

[ad_1] JOHOR BAHRU: Thirteen hotels in Johor have ceased operations amid the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia this year, the chairman of the state’s Tourism, Youth and Sports Committee said on Tuesday (December 1), without naming the affected establishments. . Onn Hafiz Ghazi told the Johor State Legislative Assembly that …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Nineteen research papers have been started on Top Glove, which has been linked to the Teratai group in Selangor, where infections have been unleashed among their dormitory workers. Labor Director-General Asri Ab Rahman said the department opened 21 investigative documents on violators of the Minimum Standards of Housing …

[ad_1] LETTER | Last Thursday, the true colors of the head of the opposition, Anwar Ibrahim, were revealed. In a last minute instruction, he ordered all Pakatan Harapan MPs not to vote against the 2021 Budget at the policy stage in the Dewan Rakyat. This was despite weeks of mounting …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new positive cases of Covid-19 today stood at four figures with 1,472 cases in which 52.9 percent or 778 cases of the Teratai group were detected. However, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said 1,552 recoveries were reported, surpassing the number …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neera Tanden, President-elect Joe Biden’s outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, faces the challenge of winning Senate confirmation after a race in Washington in which she has crossed powerful figures from both the right wing. as left. Biden unveiled many of his …