Global Covid-19 cases surpass 50 mln
NEW YORK: Global Covid-19 cases surpassed 50 million on Sunday, reported Xinhua news agency, based on data from the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 50,052,204, with a total of 1,253,110 deaths worldwide as of 11:24 am local time (1624 GMT), the CSSE data showed. […]
No necessity to declare emergency
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today stated that there was no necessity for an Emergency to be declared in the country. Comptroller of the Royal Household of Istana Negara, Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamuddin informed that Al-Sultan Abdullah stated that the decision was made after studying carefully the request presented […]
Living life on a different altitude
Flight attendant, Rawina Wahab is also a mother of two. Describing her days, she said that she is more than an air stewardess. Some days can get tough, but the exhaustion to her is a good one as she is finally living her dream job of soaring in the sky. A different environment, everytime Obsessed […]
WHO chief hopes pandemic less than two years
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that he hopes the Covid-19 pandemic will last less than two years, reports Xinhua news agency. “Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine, I think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu,” he told a […]
India coronavirus deaths hit 50,000
NEW DELHI: India’s official coronavirus death toll soared past 50,000 on Monday as the pandemic rages through smaller cities and rural areas where health care is feeble and stigmatisation rife. Many experts say the real numbers may be far higher due to low testing rates and because deaths are often not properly recorded in the […]
Countries tighten measures as global virus death toll tops 700,000
PARIS: France and the Netherlands are gearing up for stricter mask-wearing rules to fight the coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic tops 700,000. Paris, Toulouse and other cities announced that the wearing of masks would be compulsory in particularly busy streets and squares. People already have to wear them inside most private […]
Americans see travel horizons narrowing as pandemic surges
WASHINGTON: After months of working from home, stir-crazy Americans have finally reached the long, hot days of summer only to watch their vacation horizons dim, with travel options shrinking as the country’s coronavirus cases soar. “All I’ve been doing this year is cancelling trips,” 61-year-old Keith Gibbons said with a sigh, a new reality that […]
Global Covid-19 cases breach 8 million mark
NEW YORK: Global confirmed Covid-19 cases topped 8 million on Monday, reaching 8,003,021 as of 6.43 pm (local time), according to data compiled by the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Xinhua news agency reported that a total of 435,619 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed. The […]
What will happen to the workers when hotels close?
KUALA LUMPUR: The outbreak of Covid-19 saw one hotel after another closing down business, leading to thousands, or even tens of thousands, of the hotel employees with no source of income. Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Datuk Abdul Halim Mansor said hotel workers are the worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with some forced […]
South Korea, 10 other countries launch pandemic cooperation group
SEOUL: South Korea and 10 other countries launched a group at the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) on Tuesday to promote cooperation against discrimination and other social challenges stemming from the new coronavirus, the foreign ministry said. Seoul led the effort to establish the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with Global […]
