PETALING JAYA: Over the holiday season, health experts have expressed concern over noticeable breaches of Covid-19 SOPs. On New Year’s Eve, pictures of large crowds gathering at KLCC and the Bukit Bintang area in Kuala Lumpur on social media appeared amid the suspension of annual fireworks displays and a government appeal to individuals at home or with their families to …

PETALING JAYA: Public activity restrictions under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) will be extended until March 31 of this year, Senior Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. Yesterday, the RMCO was expected to end. This was because of the high number of active cases, especially among foreign workers, Ismail said. He said that after a rash of cases there, …

Unauthorized distribution and administration of unregistered coronavirus vaccines will not be excluded from the National Bureau of Investigation which is probe by the Presidential Security Group. However, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who ordered the investigation, said yesterday that the NBI would not concentrate solely on the security personnel of President Duterte. Earlier, PSG staff were found to have taken shots …

The government urged the nation in banning the risk of disease transmission through meetings that are easily spread in areas affected by COVID. After the nation reported 250 new cases in a single day the latest clampdown was declared. The prohibition extends to all meetings that pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus taking advantage of opportunities to compound the …

The construction of an electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant will begin in the first half of 2021 after the consortium of Indonesian state enterprises and LG Energy Solution Ltd of South Korea signed an agreement worth US$9.8 billion which is also Rp142 trillion. Kami ingin menyampaikan berita gembira bahwa Indonesia akan segera memiliki pusat industri sel baterai kendaraan listrik terintegrasi …

Previously, around a dozen clauses of the 2021 national budget have been vetoed by President Rodrigo Duterte, including one which allows the executive branch to send to Congress quarterly reports on the utilization of intelligence funds. Duterte shared in a 16-page veto letter on next year’s spending, intelligence funds protect national security related services, initiatives and operations that are considered …

Transport supporters meet the condition set by the coronavirus task force of the government for cyclists to wear face shields over their face while outside, citing the increased danger in which riders are put. The Step as One mobility alliance in a statement pointed to the warped image for riders and the resultant pressure on commuters, calling on the Inter-Agency …

The Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini spoke of the government’s implementation of a new system for the delivery of basic food assistance in 2021 that could deter fraud. They also shared that a more detailed basic mechanism for the delivery of food assistance would be planned. Later, not only will the government offer help in the delivery of basic …

In the midst of a flare-up in the coronavirus outbreak in the Southeast Asian country, the Thailand Ministry of Health approved the use of a herbal plant extract to treat early stages of Covid-19 as a pilot relief. In view of this, the ministry shared something interesting and that is Andrographis Paniculata, usually referred to as green chiretta which will …

SINGAPORE – On 1 January 2021, the minimum mandatory age for the purchase, use, possession, selling, and supply of tobacco products will be increased from the existing 20 years to 21. This is the third and final change to the minimum age requirement under the amendments to the Tobacco (Advertising and Sale Control) Act passed in November 2017 by Parliament. …