Overcrowded Aboriginal Housing Highlighted as Australia Races to Help COVID-19-Hit Outback Town
SYDNEY – A fleet of camper vans is now providing emergency quarantine facilities in a remote outback town in Australia where over 10% of the mostly indigenous population is infected with the coronavirus. A lack of accommodation for COVID-19 patients an…
WHO Chief: ‘Complacency Can Be as Dangerous as the Virus’
The director general of the World Health Organization warned Monday that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. “As the experience with this pandemic shows, no country can let down its guard. Complacency can be as dangerous as the vi…
Graduate rejects fixed-income job to focus on nursery
PASIR PUTEH, Sept 5 — A graduate of University College Agroscience , Siti Nik Shahira Abdullah, has no regrets turning down a fixed-income job offer for she is now a successful nursery owner.Her effort, working the little space of land in her house co…
67.4 per cent of adult population fully vaccinated – JKJAV
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — A total of 67.4 per cent of the population in the country, or 15,772,760 individuals, have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV)…
75 flood evacuees still at PPS in Beaufort
KOTA KINABALU, 5 Sept —The number of flood victims in Sabah remains at 75 people involving 25 families, who are housed at a relief centre (PPS) in Beaufort, as at 8 am today.According to a statement by the Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretaria…
Water supply disruption in 463 areas now 92.2 pct restored – Air Selangor
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Water supply to 463 areas which were affected following a halt in the operation of the Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (WTP) due to an odour pollution incident in Sungai Semenyih is 92.2 per cent restored as at 7 am this m…
Second generation Felda settlers turn drug haunt into fish farm project
KUALA BERANG, Sept 5 — Formerly a haunt for drug addicts, the place has changed and turned into a freshwater fish farm by a group of 15 second generation Felda settlers of Bukit Bading here.The got together and raised funds for use as capital for the …