JAKARTA – Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation starts its inoculation programme, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, adding he would get the first shot
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PM Muhyiddin: Govt to order more Covid-19 vaccine to cover 60-70pc of Malaysians
ANGKAK, Dec 13 — The government has plans to increase its purchase of the Covid-19 vaccine to cover the immunisation needs of about 60-70 per cent of Malaysians compared to 30 per cent currently. Prime Minister Tan
Read moreChina testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery. Throughout the
Read moreCOVID-19: Malaysian government opens investigations into Top Glove over workers’ housing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has opened 19 investigation papers into six subsidiaries of the world’s largest glove-maker Top Glove over offences involving workers’ dormitories. This followed simultaneous enforcement operations carried out by the Peninsular Malaysia Labour
Read moreCompany in Selangor keeping factories open despite spike in Covid-19 cases
November 27, 2020 7:51 AM PETALING JAYA: A company has allegedly left at least one of its factories in Selangor open despite a rise in Covid-19 cases linked to its workers. At about 7pm yesterday,
Read moreJanuary or March 2021 not right time for Sarawak state election, state PKR Women tells Wan Junaidi
KUCHING, Nov 3 — Sarawak PKR Women today slammed Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar for saying that the best time to hold the Sarawak election would be January or
Read moreMPs told to put aside political differences, unite to curb COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The first day of the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament sitting begins today with Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun advising all members of Parliament (MP) to
Read moreWhat’s open and what’s closed during Klang Valley CMCO
PETALING JAYA: A shutdown of public activities has been ordered under the conditional MCO which comes into force from Oct 14-27. This is a partial list of what activities are permitted and what is not.
Read moreConditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, KL and Putrajaya from Oct 14-27
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12): The government has agreed to enforce Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya effective from 12.01am on Oct 14 to Oct 27, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster)
Read moreTrump and wife test positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, United States: US President Donald Trump said on Friday (Oct 2) that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for Covid-19 and were going into quarantine, upending the race for the White House.
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