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19,807 new Covid cases reported Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of daily new Covid-19 infections took a dip today with 19,807 cases reported compared to 22,262 cases recorded yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said with the latest figure, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases now stood at 1,555,093. Selangor remained the state with

UiTM graduate turns bitter gourd into chips to reduce food waste

By Noornasrin Salsabila Othman A Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) graduate here has come up with a creative way to prevent the bitter gourds cultivated by her husband from going to waste by turning them into crispy chips infused with a variety of flavours. Aina Fatini Md Rizan, 24, said she

PN MPs stand firm with Ismail Sabri

KUALA LUMPUR: All Perikatan Nasional (PN) members of Parliament (MPs), from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), PAS and Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR), stand firm with Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the ninth Prime Minister. PN secretary-general, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, said the appointment of Ismail Sabri could stop

Ismail Sabri thanks King for the appointment as ninth prime minister

PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has thanked Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah for appointing him as the ninth prime minister of Malaysia. Ismail Sabri also expressed his appreciation to members of the Dewan Rakyat who had nominated him to be the new prime minister

Ismail Sabri takes oath as 9th Prime Minister

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today took his oath of office as Malaysia’s 9th Prime Minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. The ceremony, which involved the conferment of the instrument of appointment and taking the Oath of Office and Allegiance,

Ismail Sabri: From DPM to PM in less than two months

KUALA LUMPUR: Less than two months after assuming the position of deputy prime minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today has been given the mandate to shoulder the big responsibility as the country’s number one leader. The Bera Member of Parliament (MP) was today appointed as the ninth Prime Minister,

Malaysia procures first batch of CanSino vaccine

SEPANG: Malaysia on Thursday received the first batch of the China-made single-dose CanSino Covid-19 vaccine to boost the momentum of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK), especially in rural areas. A total of 200,000 doses of the CanSino vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics Inc from China arrived at Kuala Lumpur

Third dose jab up immune response

KUALA LUMPUR: A third dose of Covid-19 vaccine , given at an interval of six months after the second dose, can lead to a strong boost in immune response, with an increase of three to five folds in neutralising antibody titers. Pharmaniaga Berhad vaccine specialist Dr Ajit Pal Singh Raina

Malaysia sees another record high of 23,564 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today recorded 23,564 new cases, the highest daily figure since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. In his tweet, Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that the new development brought the cumulative number of cases in the country to 1,513,024. He said that Selangor

Migration rate drops to 1.5 % in 2020

PUTRAJAYA: Sarawak is among the three states with the highest percentage of intra-state migration in the country. Sabah is the highest with 74.4 percent followed by Johor (65.3 percent) and Sarawak (60.8 percent). Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the intra-state migration in 2020 recorded a decrease