Health

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Perikatan Nasional government hopes to obtain a new mandate from the people through general elections, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. In a live interview with Bernama and local TV stations here yesterday ahead of tomorrow’s presentation of the Budget 2021, a first for the Perikatan …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: With the level of infectivity from the Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia dropping, the Ministry of Health hopes to flatten the curve in the next three weeks. Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country’s R0 value, which indicates the level of infectivity of a …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: A total of 56 schools in Southwest Penang Subdistrict 12, which has been declared a red zone, will be closed from November 6-20. The Education Ministry said the 56 schools include government primary and secondary schools, vocational colleges, boarding schools and government-registered private schools. “Parents with children …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian parliament building will be ordered closed in the event of positive cases of COVID-19 infection, Lower House Speaker Dewan Rakyat Azhar Azizan Harun said on Wednesday (November 4). “If there were positive cases in parliament, the Ministry of Health (MOH) will make an evaluation of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump won the Florida battlefield and took the lead over Democratic rival Joe Biden in other swing states in the United States on Tuesday, but Biden expressed confidence that he would win the election by taking three key Rust Belt states. Biden’s hopes for a decisive …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 4): The maximum price set for the Covid-19 vaccine offered to Malaysia under the Covid-19 Global Vaccine Access (COVAX) facility is $ 21 each, the Science Minister said. , Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin. Putrajaya is in the final stages of negotiations to participate in COVAX, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The US elections plunged into chaos early Wednesday morning as President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court intervention to halt the counting of votes, even as his Democratic rival Joe Biden expressed confidence in his own possibilities. In a divisive election projected under the shadow …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The conditional movement control order (MCO) imposed in areas that recorded a large number of Covid-19 cases has been effective in reducing infection rates (RO), says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. The Health Director-General said that while the measures might not be as stringent as a …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Covid-19 vaccines could cost the government at least RM3bil once they are available next year, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) said that this would be the cost if 70% of the population is immunized. “I have spoken to the Ministry of …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health detected six new clusters that contributed to the increase in the number of infections. Three of the groups, the Sandakan Prison Group, the Dialysis Group, and the Sepanggar Group, were detected in Sabah, while three more, Aero, Lengkuk and Gading, had cases that …