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 […]
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WASHINGTON: The US authorized pharmacies on Wednesday to carry out tests for the coronavirus, including newly developed antibody tests that detect whether a person who has recovered from illness had COVID-19. Health secretary Alex Azar, announced that all tests approved by regulators could be carried out by pharmacies as the country seeks to ramp up
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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
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WUHAN: The central Chinese city of Wuhan began allowing people to leave on Wednesday for the first time since it was locked down 76 days ago to contain the novel coronavirus, despite fears of a second wave of infection if such restrictions are eased too soon. China sealed off the city of 11 million people
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WASHINGTON: The new coronavirus isn’t biased about who it infects – so why does data emerging from some states suggest that African Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic in the US? Experts say blacks are disproportionately impacted by underlying health conditions linked to poverty, face discrimination in medical care, and are more likely
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Originally broadcast live on 06 April 2020, the daily press briefing on coronavirus COVID-19, direct from WHO Headquarters, Geneva Switzerland with Dr Tedros WHO Director-General, Dr Micheal Ryan, Executive Director of the Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme with special guests Lady Gaga and Hugh Evans,
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PUTRAJAYA: All Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) patients should be treated as Covid-19 circumstances till confirmed in any other case, mentioned Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix). He mentioned 12 healthcare employees have been suspected of contracting Covid-19 after they have been contaminated whereas treating pneumonia or SARI patients. “So protection is very
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PUTRAJAYA: A vaccine for Covid-19 is predicted to be obtainable in the market in about a 12 months as checks and analysis on it’s nonetheless on the early section, in line with Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He stated the World Health Organisation (WHO) are nonetheless wanting into a few compounds and analysis
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) at this time flew in medical and health equipment to Sarawak and Sabah for the usage of the states’ front-liners within the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. RMAF, in a press release, stated that its A400M plane carried 100 items of aerosol packing containers, further scientific specimen
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Catalan Ministry of Health say they’ll collectively support the dissemination of a programme that gives support to sufferers affected by Chagas disease to handle their very own well being and promote self-care. The Catalonian ‘Expert Patient Programme on Chagas disease’ includes interplay and sharing of knowledge amongst individuals
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