Immigration spurs record growth in Canada’s population
TRENTON (Canada): Canada’s population, spurred by immigration, jumped by over 1 million last year, the largest increase since the Second World War baby boom, Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported Wednesday. The growth raised the population to 39.57 million, with international migration accounting for 96 per cent of the increase, Anadolu Agency reported StatCan said in a […]
Baby boom did not materialise
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has revealed that there had been no baby boom in Sarawak despite speculations this would occur following the enforcement of lockdowns. “There were only 33,964 births registered in the state last year compared to the 36,117 in 2019. As for this year, the figure is 14,393 as of July 31,” […]
Despite speculations, no baby boom due to lockdowns
By Nurul Hanis Izmir KUALA LUMPUR: Just a year ago, when the first of the stricter movement curbs was imposed and people were mostly confined to their homes, expectations ran high on a possible baby boom in Malaysia. But a year later, the numbers are nowhere close to it. In a rather unexpected turn of […]
No baby boom despite prolonged lockdown
KUCHING: Had the predictions of many hopeful people come to pass, lots of babies would have been born in Sarawak by now. As it is, the predictions are total duds. On the contrary, there was actually a drop in the number of babies born in Sarawak in January this year (2,326 births) compared to last […]
Too early to tell
QUARANTINE BABY BOOM? KUCHING: Medical specialists are of the view that it is still too early to determine if there will be a quarantine baby boom at the end of this year or start of next year resulting from the movement control order (MCO), conditional MCO, and recovery MCO implemented due to the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Quarantine baby boom?
KUCHING: While it is quite common to postulate a plausible baby boom whenever there are conditions, pandemics, or disasters that lead to restricted movement, it would take about nine months to see if the Covid-19 movement restrictions had truly caused an increase in birth rate compared to previous years. Dr Tan Yiap Loong, obstetrician and […]
Aye, nay or a myth? — Crisis & baby boom
KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysia enters the third phase of the movement control order (MCO) that will last until April 28, aimed at curbing the Covid-19 infection rate, talks on the possibility that it could lead to a baby boom is rife. Malaysia has been in a partial lock-down since March 18, and the expectation that it would lead to a population increase is based […]
