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Delta variant spreading worldwide ‘at scorching pace’

GENEVA: Director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday warned of the “devastating outbreaks” caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19, saying that the new strain of the virus was infecting people “at a scorching pace”. “Last week marked the fourth consecutive week of increasing cases of Covid-19 globally,” Tedros said […]

SDMC investigating spike in Sri Aman Central Prison outbreak

KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is investigating the cause of the sudden spike of positive cases in Sri Aman Central Prison. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the prison recorded 159 new cases on Sunday (Apr 4), followed by the announcement of a new cluster — Tembok Cluster. He noted that […]

Time wasted in US response against coronavirus outbreak

WASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that time had been wasted in the US response against the coronavirus outbreak, reported Xinhua news agency. Addressing a virtual event, Biden said the scale of the loss from the public health crisis, which has infected more than 1.5 million people and killed over 90,000 in […]

US Covid-19 outbreak crosses 100,000 threshold

WASHINGTON: The US crossed a sombre threshold on Friday with a private tally counting over 100,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country as leaders struggle to thwart the virus’ spread, Anadolu Agency reported. A running tally from Johns Hopkins University on Friday found 100,717 confirmed Covid-19 infections across the country, including 1,544 deaths. Over 860 people […]

MCO, Covid-19 outbreak render popular tibou useless

MUKAH: The Movement Control Order (MCO) has rendered the tibou (giant swing) at Kampung Tellian Daya (Tellian Ulu) here almost useless now. It was erected on March 14 before the MCO was enforced on March 18. It has been a tradition of sorts in past years for the people to erect the tibou in their […]

No import of live animals, products from Shaoyang

H5N1 Outbreak PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia does not import live animals and products from Shaoyang in ​​Hunan, China, where an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was reported, said Veterinary Services Department (VSD) director-general Datuk Dr Quaza Nizamuddin Hassan. He said Malaysia imported chicken cuts from a chicken processing plant in Liaocheng, Shangdong, located about 1,313km from the scene of the […]

Hubei suspends passport application to curb coronavirus outbreak

BEIJING: The exit and entry department in central China’s Hubei Province has suspended the services for the application of ordinary passports and exit-entry permits and endorsements for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to better control the spread of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Xinhua news agency reported that no passengers have left the […]

Reported cases of Influenza A in Cyberjaya and Klang

SHAH ALAM: Influenza A infection cases were detected in Cyberjaya and Klang yesterday, the Selangor Health Department (JKNS) said. Selangor Health Director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman said the first case involved 20 students and a teacher from Sekolah Kebangsaan Cyberjaya, which all of whom had fever, cough and flu. The other case, in Klang, involved […]

Even one polio case is an outbreak

KUALA LUMPUR: The three-month-old infant from Tuaran, Sabah who contracted polio was under-immunised with polio vaccine and was thus not protected, said consultant paediatrician and clinical immunologist Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin. According to the Malaysian National Immunisation Schedule, infants are to receive the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) at ages two months, three months and […]