Health

[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Nov.8 (Bernama): Singapore’s Ministry of Health confirmed that one of seven imported Covid-19 cases announced on Saturday was a 36-year-old Malaysian man. Labeled as case 58239, he is a holder of a work permit that came from Malaysia. He was among the five who were asymptomatic and were …

[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | “I think Muhyiddin wants his popularity back to May-June levels.” Ideally, PM wants ‘close to MCO’ constraints IndigoKite6964: I suppose stricter movement control order (MCO) restrictions would help reduce the infection rate to R0. More education on why standard operating procedure (SOP) works would help rather …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The World Bank has praised Budget 2021 initiatives in trying to strike a balance between providing support and stimulating the economy, but is warning of higher debt in the future. World Bank Group Chief Economist Richard Record said that like governments around the world, the Budget tried …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris (pix) made history today with her election as Vice President of Joe Biden, becoming the first woman, the first African American, and the first Asian American to win the second highest office in the United States. Harris, 56, is widely seen as an obvious candidate for …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The conditional movement control order will be enforced in all peninsular Malaysian states except Kelantan, Perlis and Pahang from November 9 to December 6, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Chief Minister (Security) said this meant that the current conditional MCO in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Minister of Finance has clarified that the allocation for the Ministry of Health under the 2021 Budget is RM31.9bil, higher than RM30.6bil allocated in 2020. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the allocation for medical supplies and consumables in the amount of …

[ad_1] IKEA Damansara will resume operations on Sunday after undergoing disinfection. PETALING JAYA: IKEA Damansara said it will be closed today after being informed yesterday that one of its part-time workers was suspected of being Covid-19 positive. In a statement today, the store said the worker, whose last day of …

[ad_1] GENEVA: Denmark and the United States are among six countries that have reported new cases of coronavirus related to mink farms, the World Health Organization said. Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden are the other nations that have discovered SARS-CoV-2 in mink, the WHO said in a statement. Ad …

[ad_1] Currently, close contacts are being traced and tested in the new clusters. PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health has detected four new Covid-19 clusters in the country during the last 24 hours. Chief Health Officer Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said they are the Softwood group in Sabah, the Teratai group …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) today detected four new Covid-19 clusters involving Sabah, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur / Putrajaya and Sarawak, said Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. (pix) He said Sabah’s Lahad Datu Softwood LD Cluster involved the index case that tested positive for symptomatic …