And just like how the virus doesn’t differentiate race, religion or skin color, it also definitely does not set apart age. According to this report by Sinar Harian, about 6% out of the positive cases in Malaysia are children aged 14 and below. That is 315 patients, which is NOT a small number. Health DG Datuk Dr Noor...
Before this, we’ve just been hearing certain areas like Bangi or Sendayan becoming infection clusters. Unfortunately for the first time, two hospitals in Sabah have been identified as Covid-19 infection clusters. The two hospitals are Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak Sabah (HWKKS) and also Hospital Keningau. Source: Clinical Research Malaysia Berita Harian reported that State Health Director, Datuk Dr Christina...
In the midst of this global pandemic that has affected hundreds of countries around the world, I must say Malaysia is doing pretty well in handling the outbreak. As of 16 April, which is day 30 of the movement control order, Malaysia records a total of 5,182 confirmed cases. Of that number, 2,766 Covid-19 patients have...
For those of you living in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, you may want to keep this piece of news in mind. According to Malaysia Gazette and Malay Mail, over 1.2 million people within both states may be affected by unscheduled water supply disruptions, after it has been found that water levels in the main reservoirs servicing these regions have...
It’s Singapore’s turn to freak out as its number of Covid-19 cases reaches over 4,000. According to an article by Strait Times, yesterday (16th April), Singapore recorded 728 cases in just one day. For the past two weeks including yesterday, foreign workers living in dormitories have been the main cause of the increase. Out of the 728...
In some very promising news to come out of the current Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia, Ministry of Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has announced that Penang, Perlis and Kedah may be declared as some of the nation’s first ‘green states’, if they no longer present any Covid-19 cases in 14 days, according to Malaysiakini and Malay...
The Ministry of Health has just reported that a total of 267 medical staff under the ministry have been infected by Covid-19. Out of this number, 73% have been infected outside of the hospital, while only 19% – which is 50 of them – have been infected in the hospital. According to China Press, health director-general Datuk...
The remix song called “Ke Sana Ke Sini” is currently shared across social media ever since Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin came up with the phrase during one of his press conference on the Movement Control Order (MCO) back in March. A lot of netizens first speculated that the song was produced by the PM’s...
Generic of StarHub outlet at Plaza Singapura. Photo: Nuria Ling/TODAY Some disgruntled StarHub users missed work deadlines, while others could not join colleagues for video conferences owing to a major internet outage on Wednesday (April 15) that lasted up to nine hours. In a statement issued at 9pm on Wednesday, Mr Chong Siew Loong, StarHub’s chief technology officer,...
So in many ways, which we should be grateful for, our country has done a great job dealing with this world wide pandemic. As a matter of fact, a report by Bernama proved it when Indonesians commended the ways in which the Malaysian government provided financial aid to its citizens, after the enforcement of the MCO. On a YouTube...
