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Claims of 2019 novel coronavirus created in a lab are bogus
KUALA LUMPUR: Claims by some netizens that the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was made in laboratories with its vaccine readily available, was not accurate, said Factcheck.org, a non-profit organisation working with Facebook to debunk misinformation. In fact, it said, there
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Wuhan coronavirus: Two more confirmed cases in Singapore
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Health Ministry (MOH) today confirmed two more imported cases of novel coronavirus infection in the republic, bringing the tally to three. In its latest update, MOH said the second case was announced yesterday as tested preliminarily positive,
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Hisham: Efforts to combat polio in Sabah ongoing
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH), through the state health department (JKN) and the Sabah government, are in the midst of conducting three phases of polio control and prevention efforts. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the
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Snakes could be the source of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak
BEIJING: The Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter. The many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), also known
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Death toll from new coronavirus in China rises to nine – Health Commission
BEIJING: China National Health Commission vide head Li Bin today said total of nine people have died from the new strain of coronavirus in China, with as many as 440 coronavirus cases currently confirmed in the country. “As of now,
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Lee: No trace of coronavirus detected in Malaysia
SEPANG: Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye said no traces of coronavirus have been detected in the country. He said 61 of the 267,054 passengers and airline crew members screened at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) from Jan
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Influenza A: SK Stella Maris first Sabah school to close
KOTA KINABALU: A primary school here, Sekolah Kebangsaan Stella Maris has been ordered to close after six students were reported to have contracted Influenza A or H1N1. Sabah Health and People’s Wellbeing Minister Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung in confirming the closure said
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The effects of Screen Dependency Disorder
The next time you leave your house and venture off into a public place, take a minute to look around. If we’re living on the same planet, it won’t be long before you see a child with eyes glued to a screen
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After SARS, the world is now under threat from another outbreak
Almost 20 years ago, a relatively unknown disease called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infected a person in Guangdong, south of China. Soon enough, the disease spread to more than two dozen countries such as North America, parts of South
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Influenza forces closure of two classes in Penang
GEORGE TOWN: Two classes in as many schools in Penang have been closed after some of the children were found to have come down with influenza. One of these is a Year Two class in Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC)
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