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Schooling session might be postponed until full recovery from pandemic

PUTRAJAYA: All schooling sessions might be postponed until the government is fully convinced that the country has recovered from the Covid-19 outbreak. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said even parents themselves called for the closure of schools to be extended as they were worried about the safety of their children. “I also read comments […]

Serba Dinamik donates RM1 mln to 5 hospitals

KUALA LUMPUR: Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd has provided personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies including over 100,000 pieces of face masks, hand sanitisers and infrared thermometers worth up to RM1.0 million to five hospitals since March 28 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The five hospitals are Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM), Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Hospital Serdang, […]

FDI policy reforms needed to ride out Covid-19 impact

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must undertake bold structural and sectoral reforms in its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy in order to ride out the Covid-19 impact, says an academic.  Professor Sufian Jusoh of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s International Trade and Investment Institute for Malaysian and International Studies said Malaysia should conduct aggressive investment promotions in order to revitalise its economy.  […]

No election this year, please!

KUCHING: The Sarawak state election should not be held this year, a political analyst said. Universiti Malaya (UM) associate professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi said the state election should only be held when the Covid-19 pandemic has been eradicated and is no longer a threat. “To protect the people’s health, it is advisable that […]

Trump warns ‘a lot of deaths’ next week

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday the country will see “a lot of deaths” next week because of the global coronavirus pandemic.  “This will probably be the toughest week between this week and next week. And, there will be a lot of deaths, unfortunately, but a lot less death than if this wasn’t done,” Anadolu Agency quoted […]

Nato to hold first-ever video conference today

MOSCOW: The foreign ministers of Nato member-states are set to hold a first-ever video conference on Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic, reported Sputnik news agency. The conference will primarily focus on the ongoing health crisis. Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Wednesday that the foreign ministers would also discuss the situation in Afghanistan, the […]

Covid 19-affected businesses need saving

KUCHING: As Malaysia battles the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, many businesses struggling to stay afloat at least for the next six months. That was why yesterday, in a statement, Sarawak Entrepreneur Association (SEA) president Nizam Khalyd welcomed the federal government’s RM250-billion Prihatin Rakyat Stimulus Economic Package (Prihatin) which was announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin […]

‘Tokyo Games not limited to summertime’

TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics could take place earlier than the summer of 2021, Kyodo News reported International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach as saying on Wednesday. A day after announcing the decision to postpone this year’s Olympics due to the new coronavirus pandemic, Bach told reporters by conference call that other options beside the traditional summer […]

Let’s together stop the third wave

For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour. – Margaret Chan, Chinese-Canadian physician who served as the WHO director-general  Crowded coffee shops, markets, supermarkets and streets. This is although we are in the middle of […]

All are heroes in Covid-19 fight

KUCHING: Every one of us is a hero in fighting this Covid-19 pandemic, said a Sarawakian doctor.  Dr Rafeeq Ruslan, 33, from Kuching has been serving with the National Health Service (NHS), United Kingdom for nearly a year, and he is pleading with fellow Sarawakians to play their part in the fight against the pandemic. […]