Latest count of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia

The following are the updates on COVID-19 figures in Malaysia and its Southeast Asian neighbours as at 6 pm today.Data provided by Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University and some of the countries in the region.Case…

JKNS receives 7,000 HAT kits for COVID-19 patients

— The Selangor government today handed over 7,000 home assessment tool (HAT) kits to State Health Department (JKNS) director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman.State Public Health, Unity, Women and Family Development Committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud in…

Johor announces RM4.15 mln additional allocation to help those affected by COVID-19

— Johor has announced an additional allocation of RM4.15 million to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.Its Menteri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad said the state government yesterday agreed to provide the allocation to 56 assemblymen…

72 employers in Melaka charged under Employees’ Social Security Act 1969

Seventy-two employers in Melaka have been charged with violating various provisions of the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969 (Act 4) since January till yesterday.Melaka Social Security Organisation (Socso) director, Abd Razak Omar said the offences c…

US Federal Workers Again Are Masking Up

WHITE HOUSE – Federal workers in Washington and some other cities Wednesday began wearing masks again at work amid a spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Government employees are expected to be told Thursday that they wi…

Fossil Found in Canadian Mountains May Be Earliest Evidence of Animal Life

A scientist says fossils she collected from an ancient seabed in the mountains of northwestern Canada may be the earliest evidence of animal life on Earth ever discovered. In a study published Wednesday in the science journal Nature, Laurentian Univers…

CDC Recommends Indoor Masks Again, Even for Some Vaccinated People

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends vaccinated people in certain parts of the country wear masks while indoors, reversing a decision the agency made two months ago. In another reversal, the CDC also now recommends t…