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COVID-19: British Prime Minister has tested positive, self-isolating
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his Downing Street residence but said he would still lead the government’s response to the accelerating outbreak. Johnson, 55, experienced mild symptoms on Thursday,
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MOH set up special committee to audit death cases of COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MOH) has set up a special committee to carry out audit of COVID-19 patients who died in hospitals, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the National COVID-19 Mortality Review Committee would
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COVID-19: Four passengers die on a cruise ship off Panama
PANAMA CITY: Four passengers have died on a cruise ship off the Pacific coast of Panama with more than 130 others aboard suffering from influenza-like symptoms, at least two of whom have coronavirus, the vessel’s operator said yesterday. Holland America
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Hisham: WHO choose Malaysia to test COVID-19 medicine
PUCHONG: World Health Organization (WHO) chose Malaysia to conduct clinical trial on a medicine called Rendesivir to treat COVID-19. Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia was picked based on the ability of the ministry to
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Health Ministry: 11 districts in the red zone over COVID-19
PUCHONG: Health Ministry today said 11 districts in the country have been categorized as in the red zone after more than 41 confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the areas. In a Facebook post, the ministry said Lembah Pantai and
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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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Hisham: COVID-19 cases reach 2,031, death 23
PUCHONG: Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 235 of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported today, increasing the new total to 2,031. Hisham said 60 of the new cases are from the tabligh gathering at Masjid Jamek, Sri
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King, Queen in self-quarantine after seven staff confirmed COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah are observing a 14-day self-quarantine after seven of Istana Negara staff were tested positive for COVID-19. Comptroller of the
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Asian markets tread cautiously ahead of U.S. stimulus, jobs
SINGAPORE: Asian stock markets made a cautious start on Thursday following two days of rallies, as investors await the passage and details of a $2 trillion stimulus package in the United States to combat the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
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Nigerian army prepares for coronavirus lockdown, mass burials
ABUJA: The Nigerian Army is preparing to forcibly transfer the sick to hospital and enforce curbs on movement to try to shield the country from the coronavirus, and is leasing equipment for “possible mass burial”, according to an army memo
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