WHO Chief: World Will Live with COVID for Foreseeable Future

The head of the World Health Organization warned Monday that COVID-19 will be around for the foreseeable future, and everyone will have to learn to live with it. The WHO chief issued the warning at the opening of the agency’s weeklong executive board m…

FDA Limits Use of Regeneron, Lilly COVID-19 Antibody Treatments

The U.S. health regulator on Monday revised the emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 antibody treatments from Regeneron and Eli Lilly to limit their use, as the drugs are unlikely to work against the omicron variant.The Food and Drug Administratio…

119,626 household heads eligible to receive BWI – NADMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — A total of 119,626 heads of households are eligible to receive the Bantuan Wang Ihsan (BWI) compassionate aid as of 8 am today, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA).NADMA, in a statement, said that out of…

Suhaizan hands over gov’t gazette on dissolution of Johor State Assembly to EC

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Jan 23 — Johor State Assembly Speaker Suhaizan Kaiat handed over the government gazette on the dissolution of the 14th Johor State Assembly dated Jan 22, 2022, to Johor Election Commission (EC) director Nor Nekman Jaimon, this evening…

Clear guidelines over political involvement needed to avoid potential problems – Cuepacs

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The government needs to issue a clear circular or guidelines regarding approval for teachers and Community Development Department (Kemas) staff to be involved in politics immediately.The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Pu…

K’tan govt provides RM50 million grant to upgrade KIAS

KOTA BHARU, Jan 23 — The Sultan Ismail Petra International Islamic University College (KIAS) in Nilam Puri here will be upgraded to a full-fledged university five years from now.Towards this end, the Kelantan government has allocated a RM50 million gr…

Job seekers in Sabah advised not to be choosy

SANDAKAN, Jan 23 – Job seekers in Sabah need to be more open minded and seize opportunities to gain knowledge and experience by accepting non-choice jobs, said Sabah Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Yakub Khan.He said this is due to t…