Covid-19: MAF strengthens, tightens nation’s border controls

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) will strengthen and tighten the country’s border controls during the Movement Control Order (MCO). The Chief of Defence Force Gen Tan Sri Affendi Buang (pix) said MAF would always take various factors into consideration in drafting the country’s strategic defence plans to cover any situation, especially since Malaysia […]

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Nine men arrested over alleged mining activities

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KOTA BARU: Nine men were apprehended by a team from the Kelantan Forestry Department after they were believed to be carrying out mining works at the Lebir Forest Reserve in Gua Musang despite the ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO) by the government. Kelantan police chief Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan said all of them aged between 21

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MAEPS quarantine centre in Serdang to receive Covid-19 patients next week

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 Low-Risk Patient Quarantine and Treatment Centre at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) in Serdang near here is expected to receive patients next week. Mardi Corp Group chief executive officer Zaidi Shahrim however said so far, it had no information on the exact date when the authorities would send the

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Glossary of Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene, by G. Stanley Hall

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GLOSSARY AGAMIC. Unmarried; unmarriageable, sometimes non-sexed. AGENIC. Lacking in reproductive power; sterile. AMPHIMIXIS. That form of reproduction which involves the mingling of substance from two individuals so as to effect a mixture of hereditary characteristics. It includes the phenomena of conjugation and fertilization among both unicellular and multicellular organisms. ANABOLISM. See METABOLISM. ANAMNESIC. Pertaining to or aiding

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COVID-19: UK Daily Death Toll Surpasses 900 For First Time

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More than 900 people are reported to have died from Coronavirus in United Kingdom hospitals in a day. The government announced an increase of 938 deaths, taking the UK’s total to 7,097. According to the country’s department of health, a total of 60,733 people have now tested positive for the virus and 7,097 of those

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Pets found positive for Covid-19 must be quarantied

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KUALA LUMPUR: Pets owned by private individuals which have been confirmed positive for Covid-19 must be isolated and quarantined for 14 days for monitoring purposes. Senior lecturer (veterinary immunology) and researcher at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr Farina Mustaffa Kamal, said if these pets displayed any health issues during this

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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

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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

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EXCLUSIVE: Ondo Government Asks Sacked Nurses To Deny SaharaReporters’ Story Before Being Reinstated Into Service

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Following several stories by SaharaReporters on the unjust sacking of six nurses attached to the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, the state government has now told the affected persons to deny the reports by the online news publication before being reinstated into service. In a letter signed by Adeeyo Babatunde, Director of Administration

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Veggies can be transported out of Kundasang: Junz

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KOTA KINABALU: The Government has allowed an exemption for the transportation of vegetables from Kundasang to other parts of Sabah like Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau since the first and second week of the Movement Control Order (MCO). To date, a total of 148 permissions involving 184 vehicles have been registered with special movement stickers.

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