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High cleanliness standards a must

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS & SHARIFAH NONG JASIMA KUCHING: Ramadan bazaar vendors must uphold high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in their areas. Deputy Minister of Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Dr. Abdul Rahman Junaidi said that vendors are required to properly discard or throw away their leftover food and trash in the designated areas provided […]

HFMD Cases on the Rise

There are numerous concerns in the world. Many of them involved young, innocent children. Though the COVID-19 outbreak brought heartbreak for parents whose children became infected with the virus, there is another disease that requires attention due to its present rapid spread. Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) was first clinically diagnosed in 1957 in […]

Are hand sanitisers the best solution?

By Sakini Mohd Said & Melati Mohd Ariff KUALA LUMPUR: The overwhelming demand for hand sanitisers in view of the new coronavirus outbreak has led to many pharmacies running out of stock. However, the question is, do people really need to use this cleansing agent to protect themselves against the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)? Allaying […]