[ad_1] Naval cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain was tortured to death after being accused of stealing a laptop. (Facebook photo) KUALA LUMPUR: One of the defendants accused of wounding the naval cadet officer of the Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, told the High Court here today that …
Read More »Jokowi replaces Indonesia’s health minister in major cabinet shakeup
[ad_1] JAKARTA (The Straits Times / ANN): Indonesian President Joko Widodo replaced six ministers on Tuesday (December 22) in a major cabinet shakeup aimed at recovering from the coronavirus pandemic that has plunged the country into its first recession since the financial crisis of 1998. Budi Gunadi Sadikin, a deputy …
Read More »Epic Games Store is giving away free games every day until the end of December
[ad_1] The Epic Games store usually gives away free games once a week. But the company seeks to end the year successfully. Instead of one a week, Epic Games is giving away one free game a day for the rest of December. AD The first free game can be claimed …
Read More »Covid-19: No new cases in Sarawak today as Uggah resumes SDMC tasks ahead of schedule
[ad_1] Uggah appears to be in good spirits at today’s Covid-19 update press conference, after resuming his duties and recovering from a minor operation last month. KUCHING (December 22): Sarawak did not register new cases of Covid-19 today, said the president of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), Datuk Amar …
Read More »BioNTech says it can make a vaccine that will overcome mutations in six weeks
[ad_1] SEDAN: The BioNTech co-founder said today that his coronavirus vaccine is “very likely” to work against the mutated strain detected in Britain, but could also adapt the vaccine if necessary within six weeks. “Scientifically, it is very likely that the immune response of this vaccine can also cope with …
Read More »Covid-19: nearly 2,000 healthcare professionals infected since the pandemic began (corrected)
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: Nearly 2,000 healthcare workers in Malaysia have been found to be infected with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. Tan Sri Health Director General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that most of them were infected at their workplace or in the community. “The ministry has always been …
Read More »Pfizer and Moderna test their vaccines against UK variant coronavirus – CNN
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc are testing their COVID-19 vaccines against the new, fast-spreading version of the virus that has emerged in Britain, CNN reported Tuesday. Moderna hopes the immunity in its vaccine will protect against the variants and is conducting further tests in the coming weeks …
Read More »2,062 Covid-19 cases, one death
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health has reported 2,062 cases of Covid-19 and one death in the last 24 hours. Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 911 recoveries, bringing the total number of discharged to 79,304. In a statement, Noor Hisham said the 2,062 cases …
Read More »Sabah, S’wak cops locate suspect involved in fatal fight
[ad_1] KOTA KINABALU: State police are on the hunt for a suspect believed to have caused the death of a local man in Beaufort during a drunken fight on December 19. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said they also enlisted the help of Sarawak police authorities, as the suspect …
Read More »Ismail Sabri: Not the right time to allow free travel, even from ‘green zone’ countries
[ad_1] PUTRAJAYA: It is still not a good time to reopen the country’s borders, even from the “green zone” countries, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, adding that the government is monitoring changes in the global situation of Covid-19 . The Chief Minister (Security) said the government had previously announced …
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