New protocol for travellers arriving in Malaysia – Malaysia has updated its Covid-19 testing requirements for international and local travellers arriving in the country under three travel schemes, said Ministry of Health of Malaysia (Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia) yesterday (see embedded tweet below) Protokol baharu bagi pengembara warganegara Malaysia dan pemegang pas jangka panjang yang tiba […]
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WHO – Omicron poses high global risk, countries must prepare – The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very high risk of infection surges that could have “severe consequences” in some places, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday (Nov 29). The new strain, with 32 mutations […]
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Goodyear CEO says more workers than expected retired during Covid – Goodyear experienced a larger-than-anticipated number of retirements among its U.S. workforce during the pandemicThe Ohio-based tire maker has had to accelerate hiring to help overcome the departures, CEO Rich Kramer said on “Mad Money” on CNBC“We have a lot of training going on, and, […]
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Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe Covid-19 by 89percent – A trial of Pfizer Inc’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday. The results […]
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18 Singaporeans die from Covid-19 complications; 3,862 new infections. SINGAPORE – Eighteen Singaporeans, aged 55 to 96, have died from complications linked to Covid-19, taking Singapore’s death toll to 264. Sixteen were men and two were women, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (Oct 20). Total cases Currently in hospital Total deaths 154,725+3,994 […]
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