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Mt Kinabalu Disinfected After COVID-19 Case

"All Kinabalu Park staff and mountain guide that had close contact with the hiker will have to undergo mandatory quarantining at home until they have their results," LPATTS had stated in its statement, adding that during the closure, all public amenities in the park will be sanitised and... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today4 October 2020

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Malaysia’s Daily New COVID-19 Cases Hits A New High

Of which, while 303 are Malaysians, the remaining are 14 foreigners.According to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Sabah and Kedah recorded the highest new confirmed cases with 155 and 102 respectively.Meanwhile, Selangor recorded 32 cases, Terengganu recorded nine.Four cases each in Kuala Lumpur and Johor, three cases each in Pulau Pinang and Sarawak, two cases each in Kelantan and Putrajaya and one case in Negeri... Click here to […]

today3 October 2020

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COVID-19 Kills Over 100,000 Indians

Comparatively, there were 755 average daily deaths in the US and 713 in Brazil for the same period.One in every five fatalities in the world in the past week has come from India, making the country the biggest contributor to the global death tally at 19%.India reported its first death due to COVID-19 on 12 March. Its 100,000th fatality came 204 days later.All 10 of the worst-hit districts so far […]

today3 October 2020

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Selangor Restricts Restobars Operarting Hours

He said with appropriate measures, Selangor will succeed in controlling the COVID-19 situation."Among the measures taken are the operating hours of the COVID-19 Operations Room based in the Selangor Economic Action Council control room, at the state administration building, has been extended until 7pm to enable the state government to monitor and review latest COVID-19 developments," he said.The state government, he added, will also be offering free targeted testing for […]

today3 October 2020

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A Secondary School Teacher In Johor Has Now Tested Positive For COVID-19

According to Vidyananthan, the health department has carried out decontamination at the teacher's husband's workplace, which is a laboratory, and has since been closed.All laboratory staff have also gone through COVID-19 tests and been ordered to stay home for two weeks.While there was no word about any such activity being carried out at the secondary school where the teacher works, Vidyananthan said that the department has conducted investigations and tracing […]

today1 October 2020

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Photos Show An Eerily Empty KL Sentral After A Staff Recently Tested Positive For COVID-19

Photos of an eerily empty KL Sentral have been making their rounds on social media recently On Monday, 28 September, Twitter user @KhabirM uploaded several pictures of the usually bustling transport hub. He wrote, "Quite dead for lunch hour. Guess the fear is real." The tweet has since garnered over 3,100 retweets and 4,100 likes. Quite dead for... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today28 September 2020

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Man Who Attended Badminton Competition At A KL Sports Complex Tests Positive For COVID-19

On Saturday, 26 September, a week after their match, they received news that one of them had tested positive for the virus. As they currently await MOH's arrangement to get tested, they have been told to undergo self-quarantine at home and can only be released after the test results come out negative.China Press reached out to one of the players involved and said the COVID-19 positive... Click here to read the […]

today28 September 2020

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[PHOTOS] Sabah Returnees Wait Over 8 Hours For Mandatory Screening At KLIA

Coming back from Sabah, she landed at 6.40pm but finally only left the airport around 3am.She said that they waited indefinitely with no instructions given upon landing and that social distancing was not practised."Plus they didn't separate people from different flights. Hotbed for cross infection," she told SAYS, while providing photos showing the crowded waiting halls.In the eight... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today28 September 2020

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‘COVID-Toes’ Latest Coronavirus Symptoms

Meanwhile, in a hospital in Italy, dermatologists observed 88 COVID-19 cases and found that one out of five patients had some sort of rash appear as well.According to BBC News, the different types of rashes that appear include:1. Asymmetrical, chilblain-like lesions around the hands and feet, which could be itchy or painful. 2. Small blisters, often itchy, found on the torso and... Click here to read the full article. Source:

today27 September 2020