All posts tagged "Covid-19"
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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...
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0HealthIs Omicron Our Way Out of the Pandemic?
Ultra-transmissible, but causing less severe symptoms, Covid’s Omicron variant might just provide humanity a pathway out of a global pandemic that’s now...
