Govt looking into easing restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals

PUTRAJAYA: The government is looking into easing restrictions for individuals who have completed their Covid-19 vaccination regime including allowing them to travel interstate, said National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said a technical committee comprising health and science experts set up under the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV) is reviewing the […]

Unimas excels in mission to better understand Covid-19

KUCHING: The resemblance was striking. Walking into the laboratory of the Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) was like moving from one scene to another of the popular American forensic crime drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’. The ‘mood’ of the lab, with the immaculately placed microscopes, petri dishes and […]

Japan adds 13 nations for extra quarantine steps over Covid variants

TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday it will strengthen border controls to keep new coronavirus variants at bay by requiring its citizens and resident foreigners returning from 13 other countries including Austria and Italy to go through additional quarantine measures, reported Kyodo. Returnees from the 13 countries where new virus variants are feared to be spreading will […]