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[ad_1] Discussions about Covid-19 vaccines were part of Yang diPertuan Agong’s five-day tour of the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Bernama) PETALING JAYA: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has thanked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the latter’s plans to give away Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia. In …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus variant found in the United Kingdom, the city-state said, while 11 others already in quarantine had yielded preliminary positive results for the new strain. All the cases, which were imported from Europe, had been quarantined for 14 …

[ad_1] Bring the city! Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United have a chance to make a statement by beating their rivals and breaking the spell of the semi-finals after three defeats last year. Pep Guardiola’s team eliminated Man United on the same stage last season United were also defeated in …

[ad_1] Khaidir, 34, is being treated at the Kinghorn Cancer Center at St Vincent’s Hospital, where he is receiving treatment for MDA5, a rare and serious autoimmune disease. (Sydney Morning Herald photo) PETALING JAYA: He is known as the “loneliest man” at St Vincent Hospital in Sydney, a place where …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (December 23) that it identified a new strain of Covid-19 in the country from samples taken in Sabah. The director general of the ministry, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said it is still …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As Singapore prepares to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, its surprising success in controlling the virus raises questions about whether they should get the vaccines. In a city-state where enforcement is generally high, some Singaporeans fear that potential side effects, even if minimal, are not worth it …

[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin has defended the delay in the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines in Malaysia, after Singapore became the first country in Asia to receive delivery of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday. The first batch of doses from Malaysia is expected to arrive in February, and Khairy, the science, …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The government has no plans to impose a windfall tax on rubber glove manufacturers who enjoy supernormal profits from the increased demand and selling price of rubber gloves worldwide or on other companies that they have benefited enormously from the COVID-19 pandemic. according to the Ministry of …

[ad_1] TOKYO (AFP): Japan’s highest court upheld a ruling granting a new trial to a man described as the world’s oldest death row inmate, a lawyer for the 84-year-old said on Wednesday (December 23). . Iwao Hakamada has lived under a death sentence for more than half a century, after …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The Employee Provident Fund recorded a gross investment income of RM17.33 billion in the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, which was 28.37% higher than the RM13.5 billion recorded in the same quarter last year. In quarter-on-quarter terms, it was a 14.6% improvement from RM15.12bil in the …