[ad_1] Former surgeon general Vivek Murthy has been named co-chair of Biden’s Covid-19 advisory council. (AP Image) WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the scientists who will lead his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, outlining his plans to prioritize Covid-19 from the start. The advisory board will …
Read More »Covid-19: Woman with pink bracelet escorted home by Melaka police
[ad_1] MELAKA (Bernama): A 33-year-old woman wearing a pink bracelet was escorted home by police after she violated the quarantine order under the Covid-19 Recovery Motion Control Order (MCO) by purchasing basic items for Deepavali in a hypermarket in Batu Berendam here. Sunday (November 8). Melaka Tengah District Police Chief, …
Read More »Covid-19 recoveries surpass infections after 1,345 discharged
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: There was a record 1,345 Covid-19 patients discharged in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 29,579. Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 972 new cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 41,181. There were …
Read More »Pfizer and BioNTech say their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
[ad_1] NEW YORK / CHICAGO (Nov 9): Pfizer Inc said today that its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 according to initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than one. millions of people, it …
Read More »Covid-19: issue of high infections among foreign workers and in detention centers discussed at NSC meeting, says PM
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The issue of high Covid-19 infections among foreign workers and in immigration detention centers was discussed during the Covid-19 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on Monday (Nov 9), it says So Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said that he noted that the cause of …
Read More »Covid-19: Six new clusters detected bring total active clusters to 156
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health has detected six new Covid-19 clusters in Malaysia, bringing the total number of active clusters in the country to 156. General Health Director Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the Nahaba group that was detected in Kota Belud, Sabah is responsible for …
Read More »Covid-19: 1,345 recovered, 972 new cases today
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The number of patients who had recovered from Covid-19 in Malaysia during the last 24 hours was recorded at 1,345, higher than the number of new positive cases of 972, according to Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. It said this brought the cumulative …
Read More »Covid-19: No need to panic shopping for Deepavali, says Director General of Health
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to panic shop for the upcoming Deepavali celebrations as stores may open, says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. The director general of Health said that such a phenomenon would only cause large crowds to emerge, which in turn would expose people to the …
Read More »Pfizer and BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc on Monday it said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 according to initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than 1 million people, has It affected the world …
Read More »Covid-19: Conditional OLS can be lifted if Malaysia ‘flattens the curve’, says Director General of Health
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The conditional movement control order (MCO) imposed in most states until December may be shortened if Malaysia manages to “flatten the curve” of Covid-19 infections, says the Health Ministry. “The projection for the conditional OLS is for it to be implemented for another four weeks. But if we …
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