Dr Maszlee recommends taking free online courses during MCO

LifestyleBy adepoju April 9, 2020 Leave a comment

PETALING JAYA: Simpang Renggam member of Parliament Dr Maszlee Malik (pix) took to Twitter today to give recommendations to Malaysians with regards to easing Movement Control Order (MCO) boredom. Pointing out that US Ivy League institutions provide free online courses, he said, “Still wondering how to kill time during MCO. Try this https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/here-are-380-ivy-league-courses-you-can-take-online-right-now-for-free-9b3ffcbd7b8c/” Read More…

UK PM listened to his scientists about Covid-19, but they were slow to sound the alarm

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LONDON: It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,“ they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and one in…

MAZPA appeals for aid for wildlife

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Association of Zoological Parks and Aquaria (MAZPA) is appealing to the government to consider the plight of private zoos, and to provide aid which would enable them to continue surviving to look after the welfare of their wildlife. Its vice-president Gerard Wong Woon See said if these zoos were not given…

Three weeks of MCO, number of non-compliance cases still increasing

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KUALA LUMPUR: Today is the 23rd day of the Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19, with six more days left to go, but what is worrying is that the number of non-compliance cases continue to grow. Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah himself voiced his worry over this at…

WHO Timeline – COVID-19

Health ArticlesBy Rosaline Horlar April 9, 2020 Leave a comment

31 Dec 2019 China reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A novel coronavirus was eventually identified. 1 January 2020 WHO had set up the IMST (Incident Management Support Team) across the three levels of the organization: headquarters, regional headquarters and country level, putting the organization on an emergency footing for dealing with…

Statement of the Twenty-Fourth IHR Emergency Committee

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The Twenty-fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 26 March 2020 with committee members only attending via teleconference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. In order to ease the burden on affected State Parties in the exceptional…

MANUAL TRAINING AND SLOYD

EducationBy Abdul-Qadir April 8, 2020 Leave a comment

History of the movement—Its philosophy—The value of hand training in the development of the brain and its significance in the making of man—A grammar of our many industries hard—The best we do can reach but few—Very great defects in our manual training methods which do not base on science and make nothing salable—The Leipzig system—Sloyd…

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 16 New Coronavirus Cases As Toll Rises To 254

TechnologyBy abeldecoteau80 April 8, 2020 Leave a comment

Google/Time Nigeria has recorded 16 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 254. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a post on Twitter on Tuesday evening. The new cases are spread across Lagos, Delta, Oyo, Kastina and the Federal Capital Territory. It said, “Sixteen new…

BREAKING: Coronavirus Kills 60-year-old Doctor In President Buhari’s Hometown, Daura

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A doctor named Aliyu Yakubu, who works in Kastina State, has died of Coronavirus. SaharaReporters learnt that the doctor died of the virus in Daura, hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, said the doctor was 60-year-old and died at the Nigeria Air Force Reference Hospital in Daura three days ago.…

COVID-19: NCDC Urged To Increase Transparency Around Number Of Tests Conducted

TechnologyBy abeldecoteau80 April 8, 2020 Leave a comment

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has been urged to make public the daily number of Nigerians screened for Coronavirus. A coalition of civil society groups led by Civic Media Lab said the figures will help Nigerians and the world know the true state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. “The fight against…

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