[ad_1] The two-week containment measures affect more than 13,000 workers west of Kuala Lumpur. The share price of Top Glove, the world’s largest producer of medical gloves, plunged on Tuesday after the Malaysian government imposed a strict lockdown on thousands of workers living in company-run dormitories west of Kuala Lumpur. …
Read More »The Ministry of Health announces a new national vaccination schedule for children
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MINSA) announced changes to the National Child Vaccination Calendar, which will be implemented in stages at the beginning of this month. Chief Health Officer Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) said that the combination of five vaccine series – diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio-Haemophilus influenza type …
Read More »Top Glove says EMCO affects only 5,700 workers or 27% of the workforce, not 13,190 as initially reported
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 17): With the 14-day Enhanced Motion Control Order (EMCO) placed in the dormitories of its foreign workers in Meru, Klang, the world’s largest rubber glove manufacturer, Top Glove Corp Bhd , has said that it affects about 5,700 of its workers. not 13,190 as reported. Top …
Read More »Ingredient in Possible Covid-19 Vaccine Concerns Shark Researchers
[ad_1] The constant march of science to find a vaccine capable of ending the coronavirus pandemic may come at the expense of another species: sharks. Shark researchers in Miami, Florida, United States, say they are concerned about a key ingredient used to make vaccines more effective, squalene, an oily substance …
Read More »Top Glove Klang worker dormitory to become part of EMCO
[ad_1] The Top Glove facility in Meru, Klang, has been linked to the Teratai group. There were 53 new cases in the group yesterday, bringing the total number of infections in the group to 214. KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove workers’ dormitory in Klang, Selangor, will be subject to an enhanced …
Read More »Covid-19: it is not yet necessary to reopen the quarantine center in MAEPS, says the Director General of Health
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): There is no need to reopen the low-risk quarantine and treatment center for Covid-19 patients at Malaysia’s Serdang Agricultural Exposition Park (MAEPS), says Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this is because the Ministry of Health has sufficient facilities to handle the growing …
Read More »Malaysia struggles to curb Covid-19 infections, with proposed closures in specific areas, news and news from Southeast Asia
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Tighter movement restrictions will not be the answer to Malaysia’s battle against Covid-19, the country’s public health experts said, as the country’s ongoing partial lockdowns, which have lasted for the past month, will not they have succeeded in reducing daily infections. Despite the introduction of the …
Read More »Malaysia in final stage of talks with COVID-19 vaccine producers, aims to implement immunizations for the first quarter
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is in the final stage of talks with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and hopes to obtain and put into use a vaccine by the first quarter of next year, authorities said on Monday (November 16). Malaysia is in talks with 10 COVID-19 vaccine producers that are in …
Read More »IGP visits Tun Abdullah, updates investigations into fake news of his death
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Police Inspector General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador visited former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (pix) today to inform you about the status of the investigation into the false news of the latter’s death, which went viral about three months ago. Abdul Hamid spent about an …
Read More »Vaccine will not be enough to stop COVID-19 pandemic: WHO chief
[ad_1] GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday (November 16) that a vaccine alone would not stop the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections exceeding 54 million and claiming more than 1.3 million lives. Ad Ad “A vaccine will …
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