Health

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer, becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to announce a deal with the US pharmaceutical company after some expressed reservations about the need for ultra-cold storage . While final trial data showed Pfizer’s vaccine …

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Mink that were euthanized to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus on fur farms in Denmark have re-emerged from mass graves this week, prompting complaints from residents about potential health risks. Denmark ordered all farmed minks to be euthanized earlier this month after discovering that …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health has reported 1,109 cases of Covid-19 and two deaths in the last 24 hours. Chief Health Officer Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 1,148 recoveries, bringing the total number of discharged to 50,204. In a statement, Noor Hisham said the 1,109 cases …

[ad_1] COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 1,109 new cases of Covid-19 at noon today and two deaths. New cases were reported in all states except Perlis, Terengganu, Malacca, and Sarawak. Sabah reported the highest number of new cases (39.8 percent) followed by the Klang Valley region (30.7 percent) …

[ad_1] Top Glove has been in the news a lot lately for all the wrong reasons, especially in recent weeks. Recently, workers’ dormitories were exposed to deplorable conditions and were not properly maintained. Even the Minister of Human Resources spoke on this matter. While claims about dormitory conditions have been …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – Lawmakers from Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), threw guts and exchanged blows with other lawmakers in parliament on Friday as they tried to prevent the prime minister from answering questions, in a bitter dispute over easing of American pork imports. President Tsai Ing-wen announced …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Private kindergartens registered under the Ministry of Education have received the go-ahead to start operating immediately, but only if the location where they are located is no longer or is no longer subject to the motion control order conditional (OLS). “The ministry has decided that private kindergartens …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): Local stocks showed upward momentum as the 2021 budget was passed with a voice vote at the policy stage in Parliament yesterday after heated debates. Malacca Securities, in its capital note, said the approval would favor the construction sector as a proxy for the budget …

[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea reported more than 500 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Friday (Nov. 27), a level not seen in nearly nine months, as a third wave of infections spread across the country and the Authorities are rushing to provide more hospital beds. …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia imposed mandatory Covid-19 screening for 1.7 million foreign workers in light of the high number of cases involving the group. And from Thursday (November 26), the authorities will also begin to impose a fine of RM 50,000 (Singapore $ …