All posts tagged "Covid-19"
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0HealthCovid Isn’t Over: What You Need to Know about the Latest Variants
The newest Covid strains are actually subvariants of Omicron, but BA.5 and closely related BA.4 are even more highly infectious and are...
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0Asia Pacific NewsWhy Won’t China Give Up on Its ‘Zero-Covid’ Strategy?
It’s a failed approach that has virtually no chance of working in the long term, but Beijing seems to have no intention...
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0HealthMalaysia’s Covid Cases Have Dropped to a One-Year Low, but Can a Post-Holiday Surge Be Avoided?
Data amassed over the past two months have been encouraging, but Malaysia’s Ministry of Health is bracing for a likely post-Raya spike...
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0HealthCan the Right Blood Type Protect You from Covid?
It’s accepted science that people with certain blood types have a lower risk for a number of various illnesses. Some studies suggest...
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0EducationBeaconhouse Adapts to a Covid-Changed World
As the pandemic began to take hold in 2020, schools had to make significant changes at an unprecedented pace to ensure education...
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0Local NewsDust Off Those Passports! Malaysia to Reopen Borders on April 1
After over two years of closed borders, Malaysia will at long last reopen for international travel in just over three weeks’ time....
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0Has Malaysia’s Omicron Wave Peaked?
If Malaysia follows the pattern of the Omicron variant’s surge seen in other countries, the outlook is encouraging. As 2021 segued into...
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0Asia Pacific NewsAs ASEAN Opens Up, Will Malaysia Be Left Behind?
A number of Southeast Asian countries have either opened their borders or announced plans to do so. Malaysia, however, against its own...
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0Travel News & UpdatesThai-Malaysian Border to Reopen Next Month
Tourists from Malaysia will be able to enter Thailand under the “Test and Go” scheme with no quarantine upon arrival. The Thai...
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0ASEAN NewsCovid Cases are Soaring Again in Malaysia and Singapore… But Does It Really Matter?
With only a tiny fraction of new cases in the more serious categories, and Covid deaths continuing to remain low and stable,...
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0HealthYes, Omicron Can Boost Immunity, but Early Hopes that the Variant Will End the Pandemic Are Fading
Omicron’s high transmissibility, coupled with vastly different rates of vaccination worldwide and a wide range of varying strategies have made the pandemic’s...
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0HealthNational Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout for Children Begins February 3 in Klang Valley
Appointments will initially be made available for Klang Valley residents before opening to the entire country. The National Covid-19 Adolescent Immunisation Programme...
