Health

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia said on Monday (December 21) that it had detected cases of the new virulent strain of coronavirus identified in the UK, while Hong Kong said it would suspend flights to Britain. Two travelers from the UK to Australia’s New South Wales state were found to carry the …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd announced today that 116 employees at its two manufacturing facilities in Shah Alam had tested positive for Covid-19 in a recent evaluation. According to Panasonic’s filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the company had completed the full assessment of approximately 2,137 workers …

[ad_1] Karex Bhd said it detected the cases at a facility in Pontian on December 16 (photo by Bernama) PETALING JAYA: Condom maker Karex Bhd has confirmed that 35 of its workers have tested positive for Covid-19 after a routine screening of more than 2,000 employees recently. According to the …

[ad_1] The Sabah state government should obtain Covid-19 vaccines, opposition leader Shafie Apdal said. (AP Image) KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah state government should not rely too heavily on federal government measures to curb Covid-19, the state assembly was told today. Opposition leader Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Senallang) said that the state government …

[ad_1] A World Bank report has highlighted that containing the pandemic is vital to ensuring a safe resumption of economic activity and avoiding a longer recession. KUALA LUMPUR: While Malaysia is on the road to economic recovery, containing the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting the most vulnerable in society must remain …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore on Monday received its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, according to its flag carrier, ahead of a launch in the city-state that health officials say could be as soon as two or three weeks. far. Singapore Airlines, which was transporting the vaccines …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the UK and is generating high levels of concern among its European neighbors, some of whom have cut transport connections. The strain, which some experts refer to as the B.1.1.7 lineage, is not the …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Dozens of domestic flights due to depart from Sydney were canceled Monday and authorities issued more city-wide health alerts as Australia struggled to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak in its largest city four days before Christmas . More than 50 places, including cafes, gyms, casinos and supermarkets across …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Singapore, a crucial first step in vaccinating the population. The vaccine, the first from Pfizer to reach Asia, was transported by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 747-400 freighter, SQ7979. The flight had departed Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A Malaysian glove manufacturer has denied that hundreds of its workers live in metal containers in squalid conditions that Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan described as modern slavery. Ministry officials on Monday carried out a raid on a glove factory in the Kajang district …