According to PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Asia should be the one to lead the start of patent protection in order to procure cheaper medicines used to treat critical illnesses such as Covid-19 and HIV/AIDS. As the administration under the US President Joe Biden has intended to support the provisional waiver of intellectual property (IP) protection for Covid-19 vaccine, the …

This time, it’s about preparing for the most noticeably terrible from the pandemic’s more irresistible COVID-19 variations, President Duterte is pondering auctioning off government properties to raise assets to address a perhaps greater emergency. Tending to recent night’s administration pandemic team meeting, Duterte shared the rise of more contagious COVID-19 variations from India, the United Kingdom and South Africa represents …

The federal along with the state leaders have called on the public to strictly follow SOPs especially during the celebrations of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri which begins today (May 13). Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, who is the International Trade and Industry Minister has stated in his special address that as they are celebrating the Hari Raya, they should also …

Johor police have already turned down a total of 529 out of 25,222 interstate and district travel applications related to the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations. Chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay of Johor police said that in comparison to the recent period from April 28 to May 4 where 202 out of 15,200 applications got rejected, this is actually a …

After having four confirmed Covid-19 cases of facility workers over the past 10 days, Singapore is currently intensifying its efforts and has taken additional precautionary measures at the seaport. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), along with port operator PSA Singapore said that they are consulting with the Ministry of Health (MOH) regarding the additional precautionary measures that …

Cambodia has declared the end of blanket Covid-19 lockdown in Phnom Penh after three weeks of its announcement, as the roads and streets of the capital are getting jammed with traffic again despite the efforts of the authorities to impose stricter protocols to curb the virus from spreading in the districts where a rise of Covid-19 infections have been reported. …

Raffles Hospital engaged to carry out free Covid-19 swab testing following the arrival of about thousands of people at the four regional screening centers as the public testing for the possible exposure to the TTSH cluster of Covid-19 started on Monday. The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Health Promotion Board (HPB) stated that those who have visited the premises …

The Education Ministry still has not given out decision whether or not the schools will continue to open despite announcing for the MCO to be implemented in six districts of Selangor. The PH MPs which includes the former education minister Maszlee Malik, PKR MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, DAP’s former deputy education minister Teo Nie Ching, and Amanah MP Hasan …

The former prime minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has commented that the current government under the rule of Perikatan Nasional is more focused on popularity rather than on building up Malaysia’s economy that has been crippled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He has mentioned how the PN government is lacking definite directives as to how to confront the pandemic and …

The Selangor Education Department has issued a directive to shut down 30 more schools because of the rise in Covid-19 cases. The circulars sent to the school principals stated that the shutdown period would be for two days which would be commencing today and will end tomorrow. The Selangor Education Department has received reports that there are incidents of Covid-19 …