[ad_1] A medical worker administers a coronavirus vaccine candidate to a volunteer during a trial. (AP Image) BEIJING: Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s coronavirus vaccine candidate CoronaVac was approved in July for emergency use as part of a program in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical personnel, said a person …
Read More »South Korea is running out of sickbeds in Covid-19 resurgence
[ad_1] A striking doctor holds up a poster criticizing the government’s medical policy at a Seoul hospital. (AP Image) SEOUL: South Korea reported more than 300 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, the 16th of triple-digit increases, stoking concerns about a worsening sickbed shortage amid the Covid-19 resurgence. The Korean Centers …
Read More »Deaths from covid-19 in Brazil exceed 120,000
[ad_1] A cemetery worker reviews funeral documents at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo last month. (AP Image) RIO DE JANEIRO: Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crossed the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by Covid-19 on Saturday, with no …
Read More »One new local infection, another 10 imported
[ad_1] COVID-19 | Eleven new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the last 24 hours to noon today, of which only one was a locally acquired infection, while the rest were imported cases. The only local transmission involved a Malaysian whose case was discovered during a preoperative examination at Sarawak …
Read More »‘Consider doing random tests’ | The star
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: In light of the active clusters emerging across the country, experts say Malaysia should consider conducting random Covid-19 testing to identify asymptomatic cases. Universiti Malaya virologist Dr. Sazaly Abu Bakar said that until Malaysia started conducting more random tests, the country would have to deal with the …
Read More »‘PAS, don’t forget other urgent social ills too’
[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | “You may want to focus on drugs, incest and the national celebration called corruption.” PAS MP hopes that there will be no more alcohol industry in M’sia in the future New day: Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari, we have many things and problems in Malaysia …
Read More »RMCO will run until December 31, says PM
[ad_1] Muhyiddin speaking during the special announcement tonight. KUCHING (August 28): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that the current Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) will run until December 31. He announced the RMCO extension during a special live broadcast on major television and social media channels tonight. …
Read More »Mohd Khairuddin says family members questioned in Bukit Aman, satisfied with police investigations
[ad_1] TANJUNG MALIM: The police recorded the statements of three of the family members of Datuk Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali regarding the investigation of the minister’s breach of self-quarantine. The Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities said that, apart from him, his family members registered their statements in Bukit …
Read More »The government extends RMCO until December 31
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The government has announced that the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) has been extended from its original deadline of August 31 to December 31 this year. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) He said this is because Covid-19 infection cases continue to rise inside and outside …
Read More »CM: S’wak will follow the federal government’s decision to extend RMCO until December 31
[ad_1] Abang Johari. – Photo courtesy of UKAS KUCHING (August 29): Sarawak will follow the federal government’s decision to extend the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) until December 31, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said. He said that RMCO’s goal was recovery and, at the same time, …
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