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COVID-19: Another death recorded in Malaysia, tally at 24
KUALA LUMPUR: Another death due to COVID-19 was reported in Malaysia, bringing the cumulative death toll to 24 cases, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the 24th death case involved a 35-year-old Malaysian. “The individual had
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A mystery donor gives a machine worth RM 148,000 to detect COVID-19
SIBU: A big-hearted individual yesterday donated a machine worth RM148,000 to the Clinical Research Centre at Hospital Sibu to be used for testing to detect COVID-19. The donation from the anonymous benefactor was made through Sarawak Assistant Minister for Education,
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PdP: Students’ must have good internet accessibility
KUALA LUMPUR: The move by public and private tertiary institutions to switch to online teaching-and-learning (PdP) following the Movement Control Order (MCO) which was initially welcomed by all, has now hit the brakes. There are now claims that the approach
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AirAsia temporarily suspends flights, cut off top executives salary
PUCHONG: On Thursday, AirAsia announced that it is temporarily hibernating most of its fleet across the network due to COVID-19 pandemic, that has led to extensive and increasing border restrictions imposed by various countries. In the statement issued on Thursday,
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Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur closed from 11 pm to 5 am during MCO period
KUALA LUMPUR: Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur (SSKL) is limiting its access to the public until 11pm daily and will re-open from 5am the next day during the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO). According to a statement, this was in
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The jargon that comes with COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR: Even as COVID-19 is wreaking havoc around the world, it has arguably helped to increase the vocabulary of many people over the last three months or so. Inevitably, COVID-19, which appears in the previous sentence, is one of
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Gardenia clarifies viral video of stealing bread not from Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Gardenia Bakeries Sdn Bhd (Gardenia KL), has clarified that a video clip of a Van Sales Merchandiser, removing slices of bread from several newly packaged loaves, that first surfaced in September 2019, is not from Malaysia. Gardenia KL,
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JHEV: No order received to be involved in MCO
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) Veterans Affairs Department (JHEV), has not received any instruction from the government to involve them in the ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO). MAF JHEV in a statement yesterday said, MAF is still able
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COVID-19: Sailors not allowed to sign off or on in Malaysian port
KUALA LUMPUR: All sailors, regardless of nationality, are not allowed to sign off or on at any Malaysian port, to curb the spread of COVID-19. In a notice to ship owners, shipping agents, skippers, sailors, port authorities, recognised bodies and
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Online face masks scams involves losses of RM 130,000
GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have received 31 reports on online face masks scams involving losses of RM130,000 since last month, at the start of COVID-19 outbreak. Penang police chief Datuk Sahabudin Abd Manan said, suspects were from several syndicates as
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