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How To Quarantine At Home If You Or A Family Member Are COVID-19 Positive

Note: This story will be updated as soon as the Ministry of Health's official guidelines for home quarantine become available. The Ministry of Health (MOH) will now allow people who tested positive for COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms to undergo quarantine and isolation at home It may be a relief for some, as home can be more comfortable than being sent to the overburdened hospitals and quarantine centres. But […]

today15 January 2021

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BPN 2.0 Second Payouts Worth RM100 To RM300 Will Reach You Starting 21 January

As a recap, BPN 2.0 is part of the RM10 billion PRIHATIN Supplementary Initiative Package (Kita Prihatin) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on 23 September last year.The payments were planned to be distributed in two instalments - the first one in October 2020 and the second in January 2021.Therefore, this time around, if you are an existing recipient, you will be receiving the remaining amount of the […]

today14 January 2021

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Japanese Man Finds Late Father Waiting For His Mother To Come Home On Google Earth

True enough, many found images of their loved ones who were no longer with them."That's a very nice story. When I looked up my mother's parents' house in the countryside, I found my grandfather, who died four years ago, heading home from the market with my grandmother like they always did," said a Twitter user."I immediately sent the picture to my mother and the family. Everyone was so happy. Thank […]

today13 January 2021

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Kedah Mortician Accepts Old Makeup Donations To Send Off The Deceased With Dignity

The mortician frankly said that when people pass away, their remains will look unsightly and family members often dare not look at their departed loved ones."Even adults are afraid, let alone children. So, repair and makeup are very important to me. It leaves them one last good impression," she said.She explained that embalming involves a lot of manual labour and after that she also washes the body, puts on their […]

today12 January 2021

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British Woman Irked By Unhygienic Conditions At MAEPS Serdang COVID-19 Quarantine Centre

She said she was recovering well from her mild symptoms with good food, vitamins, and sleep in a quiet and comfortable environment at her own home.However, for reasons unexplained, an ambulance sent by the Ministry of Health (MOH) picked her up and took her to the Serdang quarantine centre."[I was] given zero information about where I was going. Told it was Sungai Buloh Hospital, then Serdang Hospital," she said, adding […]

today11 January 2021

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Japanese Govt Invites Malaysian Teachers To Apply For Their 2021 Training Scholarships

The Japanese Studies scholarship will entail a one year non-degree course in Japan.Applicants must be second or third year undergraduate students already studying Japanese Language or Japanese Culture in their local universities. They must also be aged between 18 and 29, and already have a good command of the Japanese language.As for the Teacher Training scholarship, which is a one and half year non-degree course, applicants must be university graduates […]

today8 January 2021

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MOH Warns Malaysia Could See 8,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases By Mid-March

"Notice the daily COVID-19 cases and the expected projection of cases from 4 January to 31 May 2021 with R0 infection rates at 1.1 and 1.2 in Malaysia," Dr Noor Hisham advised.With the current R0 of 1.1, the 8,000 mark should only be reached in the fourth week of May, but with the higher infection rate, the country could reach it by the third week of March.

today7 January 2021

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Are The COVID-19 Vaccines Safe? We Asked A Doctor To Explain How They Were Made So Fast

Dr Khoo answered safety, long term efficacy, and proper distribution of the vaccines to protect enough people would be his concerns."Safety is a concern but I think public regulators are well-equipped to digest the data to see if it is safe for public use," he said, and also admitted that researchers, too, still do not know how long immunity will last after people receive the vaccines.Furthermore, as some of the […]

today6 January 2021