UN Security Council adopts resolution urging global ceasefire amid Covid-19
NEW YORK: The UN Security Council adopted a resolution urging establishing a global ceasefire to focus on efforts to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, a diplomatic source at the United Nations told Sputnik news agency. “Yes, the resolution was adopted,” the source said on Wednesday. According to the text of the document, the Security Council […]
Comply with SOP as more sectors reopen
KUALA LUMPUR: The movement control order (MCO) has entered its 107th day while the recovery movement control order (RMCO) is in its 23rd day which saw more economic sectors, including tourism sub-sectors, allowed to resume operations yesterday. Under consideration is that all the sectors which are allowed to resume operations are complying with the standard […]
Ministry reaching out to travellers
KUCHING: Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) will continue to restore people’s confidence in travelling again, followed by plans to promote travel bubble with green zone countries. Its minister, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, said the ministry needed to give assurance that the industry practised the new norms to ensure safety and hygiene as the […]
Reopening of borders bilateral: Nancy
KUCHING: Although Malaysia has reopened its borders to Singapore and Brunei, this is bilateral and approval from these other countries is also required, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. “They may have their own criteria and we also have ours. However, of course, the main criterion is to ensure that the […]
WHO concerned many countries still on upswing of pandemic
GENEVA: World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that it’s concerned that many countries, particularly the global south, are still on the upswing of the Covid-19 pandemic, and again called for global solidarity to overcome difficulties for “over 100 years”. “We are concerned that we are still very much on the upswing of this pandemic […]
Declared coronavirus cases top seven million globally
PARIS: Declared coronavirus infections topped seven million globally, some two-thirds in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally of official figures at 0700 GMT Monday. At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded around the world, including 402,867 deaths, and Europe is the hardest-hit continent with 2,275,305 cases and 183,542 deaths. The […]
Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is “terminating” its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Xinhua news agency reported. “We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organisation and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs,” Trump said during a […]
WHO stops hydroxychloroquine trials over safety
GENEVA, Switzerland: The WHO suspended trials of the drug that Donald Trump has promoted as a coronavirus defence, fuelling concerns about the US president’s handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans. Trump has led the push for hydroxychloroquine as a potential shield or treatment for the virus, which has infected nearly 5.5 […]
State preparing for second wave of Covid-19
KUCHING: Sarawak has taken samples from 33,530 individuals and performed 45,378 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swabs by noon on Monday. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said for each individual, more than one swabs were taken. “We took these swabs and did the PCR tests. The positive rate was 1.62 percent, which is comparable […]
WHO committee to discuss Taiwan exclusion
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to raise the question of Taiwan’s participation as an observer at the World Health Assembly (WHA), which opens virtually on Monday, before one of its committees. Taiwan is currently excluded from the WHO but in the midst of escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing around the novel coronavirus, […]
