A medical staff member works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients at Pasteur hospital in Nice, France, on Feb 19, 2021.Reuters France saw the biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday since its second lockdown in November and the government prepared to further tighten limits on people’s movement. The health ministry reported 38,501...
It is unlikely that the government will implement the Movement Control Order (MCO) across the country again in the future, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. During his live address to the nation yesterday (17 March), he said that this move is part of the new economic recovery programme PEMERKASA which costs RM20 billion, with a fiscal...
Source: RTM Earlier this evening, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin held a press conference to announce the new special aid package, named ‘PEMERKASA’. It is seen as a continuation of the initiatives that were previously introduced, including PRIHATIN and Prihatin PKS that is worth RM260 Billion, in March and April last year, respectively. Let’s look into the important details...
Source: RTM In today’s live broadcast by Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, he announced that the government has agreed to increase the maximum allowance eligibility limit for the allowance of disabled workers from RM1,200 to RM1,500 per month. “I have been informed that the disabled who are employed are also affected during this difficult period,” he said. “In this...
Source: RTM In today’s live broadcast by the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, he announced monetary aid to help small and medium business owners, in an initiative called Geran Khas Prihatin or GKP 3.0. “The government will continue to provide support to ensure business continuity, particularly for local SMEs. For that, the government has agreed to proceed with...
Ever since the compound fine for breaking SOPs during the MCO was increased from RM1,000 to RM10,000, the public has expressed their outrage with this ruling, particularly in cases where students and the less fortunate were imposed with impossible compound fees that they are unable to afford. Since then, Defence Minister, Ismail Sabri, announced that more detailed specifications will be...
Singapore has already opened its border to a handful of countries that have controlled the Covid-19 virus. Photo: AP Australia is “working with Singapore” to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials said Sunday, in an effort to restart tourism and travel put on hold by Covid-19. Early in the pandemic...
A health worker prepares a shot of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to be administered under the national Covid-19 immunisation programme. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today reminded applicants that full details are needed in order to secure an appointment for vaccination. Photo: Bernama Some 1.4 million applications for vaccination under the government’s Covid-19 immunisation programme cannot...
AstraZeneca Plc said on Sunday (March 14) a review of safety data of people vaccinated with its Covid-19 vaccine has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots. AstraZeneca’s review, which covered more than 17 million people vaccinated in the United Kingdom and European Union, comes after health authorities in some countries suspended the...
FILE PHOTO: Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah speaks during the news conference at the end of the meeting September 12, 2019 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China.Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS Malaysia’s government on Friday (March 12) defended a new law aimed at tackling rampant fake news related to Covid-19 and an ongoing state of...
