Vaccine protects us from severe disease
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Covid-19 vaccine does indeed act as a ‘fortress’, protecting the body even if the vaccinated individual is later exposed to or ‘attacked’ by the deadly virus. This is what two individuals who survived Covid-19 infection said, having not experienced any symptoms when they were infected by the virus after being vaccinated. Nur […]
Survivor shares about post-Covid complications
JOHOR BAHRU: Easily get exhausted, dizziness and shortness of breath, — those are the post-virus complications that had to be endured by Covid-19 survivor Nor Shahidatul Akma Mohd Noh. The 32 -year-old principal of a learning centre for the Rohingya community in Kulai, said although she has fully recovered from the deadly virus, her ordeal […]
Traumatising time but survivor counts blessings
KUCHING: Former Covid-19 patient, Zainon Zaini, admits that she is still traumatised even though she and her children have been free from the deadly virus for a year. Recalling, the mother of two said until now the Health Department had yet to find the cause of their infection. “On March 29 last year, the three […]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ― A fighter’s experience
In a report by the Malaysian National Cancer Registry published in 2016, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in Malaysia. Diagnosed with the cancer in 2017, Fauziah Kassim details her agonising journey and how she coped with the struggles. Battling her inner self Among the ten most common cancers in Malaysia, breast […]
Three-year-old girl rescued 65 hours after quake
IZMIR, Turkey: A wounded three-year-old girl has been rescued Monday, days after a powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Turkey’s Aegean coast, Anadolu Agency reported. Elif Perincek was pulled from debris nearly 65 hours after the quake in the Bayrakli district of western Izmir province. Elif was the 106th person to be rescued from the rubble […]
Biker suffers injuries after crash
MUKAH: A motorcyclist suffered head and facial injuries following an accident at Jalan Kampong Sesok Baru here on Sunday. Mukah District police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said the victim, Hassanal Beti, 46, from Kampung Sesok Baru was heading home prior to the accident at 1pm. “The victim’s brother-in-law, Thai Thien Poh, 47, was informed by […]
102-year-old Italian woman survives the virus
GENOA: A 102-year-old Italian woman, Italica Grondona, has survived the coronavirus disease or Covid-19 after spending more than 20 days in hospital. Although the aged are said to be among those highly vulnerable to Covid-19, Grondona recovered from coronavirus in the northern Italian city of Genoa. “We nicknamed her ‘Highlander’ — the immortal,” said Vera Sicbaldi, […]
A third chance at life
It was in 2011 that Stephanie Goh heard that a close friend of hers was diagnosed with breast cancer. That was when she came with the idea of going for a check-up herself. She added that at the time, her curiosity too, persuaded her to go for the test as she had felt a lump […]
