[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Bursa Malaysia regained a market capitalization of RM412 billion as a result of the rally from the mid-March low in the past seven months between March 18 and October 19, 2020, data shows from Bloomberg. Since March, the FBM KLCI hit a six-month high of …
Read More »Selangor sees an increase in cases
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Selangor has seen an increase in positive cases in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that the state registered 132 new infections yesterday, which brings the total number of positive cases in Selangor to 3,489. …
Read More »CMCO may rise if infection rate falls to 0.3, says chief health officer
[ad_1] CMCO restrictions for businesses in Selangor may be eased if the infection rate drops. PETALING JAYA: Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah has hinted that the conditional motion control order (CMCO) in Selangor may be lifted if the infection rate (R0, pronounced R-nil) in the state falls. reduces …
Read More »‘Overwhelmed’ Sabah needs more help on Covid-19, says Anwar
[ad_1] Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Sabah’s health system, already underfunded, understaffed and resourced, is now flooded and overwhelmed by the epidemic. PETALING JAYA: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has called for more support to be provided to Sabah’s health system, which he said is now inundated and overwhelmed by the …
Read More »Experts predict half of India will contract coronavirus in February
[ad_1] A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman at a Covid-19 testing center in Gauhati. (AP Image) MUMBAI: At least half of the 1.3 billion people in India are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, which will help slow the spread …
Read More »MP SPEAKS | The key to sharing data to fight Covid-19
[ad_1] MP SPEAKS | Access to scientific journals today is virtually free, and scientists are making viral genomes freely available in the public domain. In the competitive scientific world, this exchange of new knowledge about Covid-19 is unprecedented. In stark contrast, political leaders are ostensibly inclined to block and stockpile …
Read More »Covid-19: New cluster identified in Kota Belud, Sabah (updated)
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: A new group of Covid-19 has been identified in Kota Belud, Sabah, says Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the index case of Kertang’s group is a close contact who tested positive on October 14 and has been admitted to the quarantine and …
Read More »Kuantan Police Chief: ‘Weekend Husband’ Is Not Valid Reason To Enter MCO Conditional Area
[ad_1] KUANTAN (Bernama): Applications for interstate travel to Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya from people claiming to be ‘weekend husbands’ have been rejected by police since the conditional movement control order (MCO) began on 14 October. Kuantan District Police Chief, ACP, Mohamad Noor Yusof Ali, said that a total of …
Read More »Why Beijing may want to keep Trump in the White House
[ad_1] BEIJING: Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as he scans the horizon for the decline of its rival superpower. Relations are as cold as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago, and China …
Read More »Covid-19: Conditional OLS has led to an improvement in the infectivity rate of the virus, says Director General of Health
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The first week of the Conditional Movement Control Order (MCO) in the Klang Valley and Sabah has produced some improvements in Covid-19 infectivity, says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. The health director general said that the country’s R0 (R-zero) value, which measures the infectivity rate of a …
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