Health

[ad_1] Lim Guan Eng says he is disappointed with the double standards practiced in the Edmund Santhara case. PETALING JAYA: DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng has questioned the health ministry’s justification for allowing Deputy Minister of Federal Territories Edmund Santhara to self-quarantine at home, saying it appears to be …

[ad_1] JAKARTA (AFP): Muslim-majority Indonesia on Friday (March 26) banned an annual exodus that causes millions of people to travel across the vast nation to mark the end of Ramadan fearing a rise in infections from Covid-19. Travelers arrive at airports, train stations and ports along the nearly 5,000 km …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health has detected eight new Covid-19 clusters in the country, seven of them categorized as outbreaks in the workplace. In his daily Covid-19 updates, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that three of the workplace clusters involved educational institutions. One of …

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The launch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccine much of the world relies on to fight the pandemic, faced further complications on Thursday as India halted exports of the vaccine and Europe discussed its own controls on the export. India has temporarily suspended all major exports of …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia and Singapore have reaffirmed their commitment to work together to recognize each other’s Covid-19 vaccine certificates, with a view to facilitating cross-border travel in the future. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and his Singaporean counterpart Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan said so in a joint statement yesterday. They …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Highway (SUKE) developers were instructed to check all gantries and launching beams at a construction site after three people died after a crane collapsed there. The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) said contractors have also been instructed to halt all work at the site, …

[ad_1] Three people were killed when a launching crane overturned at the SUKE construction site near Persiaran Alam Damai in Cheras. (Photo by Bernama) PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) has implemented four measures to ensure the safety of consumers and the public when passing through the construction area …

[ad_1] Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says the pandemic should not be an obstacle to efforts to improve existing cooperation between the two countries. PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today expressed hope that various travel restrictions between Malaysia and Singapore could be lifted soon in the interest of bilateral relations. These …

[ad_1] SEDAN: Germany will enter a strict lockdown for five days over Easter in a bid to stem rising rates of coronavirus infection, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday after marathon talks with regional leaders. In addition to extending existing measures, which include keeping cultural, leisure and sports facilities closed until …

[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | ‘It could be one of us driving near a road under construction some day …’ Three dead after crane fell from construction site onto car IndigoKite6964: It’s the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang (Suke) elevated highway again! Which means no lessons were learned. How much does a human …