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The Latest: Red Cross says Asia facing vaccine crunch

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says Asia faces a COVID-19 vaccine supply crisis amid grim record daily death tolls.

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Another new coronavirus has jumped to people

As the world is dealing with a pandemic caused by one novel coronavirus that likely jumped from animals, researchers have identified another novel coronavirus from a child with pneumonia in Sarawak, Malaysia, in 2017-18, reports a study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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Ransomware hits AXA units in Asia, Irish healthcare

BANGKOK – The Thai affiliate of Paris-based insurance company AXA said Tuesday it is investigating a ransomware attack by Russian-speaking cybercriminals that has affected operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

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No new community cases; no new cases; 1 historical case of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in the community in New Zealand today.

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Wealthy nations’ vaccine spree obscures global pandemic misery

Inefficient, InequitableBut as India grapples with a deadly surge among its population of 1.4 billion, worries are growing for many other spots all over the planet. Despite declines in the developed world, more than 600,000 new Covid cases are reported globally each day, as stubborn epidemics in countries like Colombia, Brazil and Malaysia burn on.

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Malaysia declares nationwide lockdown till 7 June as Covid cases spike

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Malaysia's 1MDB, former unit file suits to recover $23 bln

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's finance ministry said Monday that sovereign wealth fund 1MDB and a former subsidiary have filed 22 lawsuits to recover assets worth over $23 billion from various institutions and individuals.

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Top Glove hopes to resolve U.S. seizure of its rubber gloves

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world's largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipment was seized at a U.S. port.

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Asian shares higher after strong earnings, data lift Wall St

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday after strong corporate earnings and economic data lifted stocks on Wall Street.

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The Latest: Malaysian opposition seeks end to emergency

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian opposition lawmakers led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad submitted a petition to the country’s king on Tuesday seeking an end to a coronavirus emergency so Parliament can resume.

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Lawyer: 290 relatives file for compensation in MH-17 downing

THE HAGUE – A lawyer for relatives of people killed in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine told a court hearing Thursday that 290 relatives and partners of the victims have filed compensation claims for “emotional distress" against the four suspects charged in the downing.

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Bodybuilder, 72, and ex-Mr Universe contestant pumps iron every day to fight off Covid

school at age 11 who appeared in the famous Mr Universe contest five times claims pumping iron fends off coronavirus.A. Arokiasamy works out every single day despite his age, and says staying healthy and completing a vigorous exercise routine is the best defence against Covid-19.Arokiasamy, who represented Malaysia several times for Mr Universe, also won gold in the 1981 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.He hails bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger, who became the face of the global competition at the young age of 20 in 1967, as his hero.

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Malaysian ex-PM Najib appeals graft conviction in 1MDB saga

PUTRAJAYA – A Malaysian court Monday began hearing an appeal by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018.

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North Korean man extradited to US in sanctions case

WASHINGTON – A North Korean citizen was taken into U.S. custody on Saturday after being extradited from Malaysia to face money laundering charges, making him the first North Korean extradited to the U.S. to face trial.

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N. Korean diplomats leaving Malaysia after ties are severed

KUALA LUMPUR – North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and prepared to leave the country Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean criminal suspect to the United States.

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Philippines secures $900 million loans from World Bank, ADB for Covid vaccines

Philippines received on Friday a total of $900 million in loan commitments from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines and to help its pandemic-hit economy recover, the lenders said on Friday.Despite recording one of the highest number of coronavirus cases in the region, the Philippines is playing catchup with some of its neighbours in vaccine procurement and was one of the last Southeast Asian nation to receive its first doses.Also Read | Vaccine confidence in India is ticking more boxes now"Procuring and administering vaccines provides the country an added layer of defence against Covid-19 on top of public health measures," Ndiamé Diop, World Bank country director for Brunei, Malaysia,

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Malaysian court rules non-Muslims can use 'Allah'

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian court ruled Wednesday that non-Muslims can use the word “Allah” to refer to God, in a major decision in a divisive issue for religious freedom in the Muslim-majority country.

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Brain-swelling virus 75x deadlier than Covid could be next pandemic, top doc warns

coronavirus.The Nipah virus could be ‘The Big One’ and may trigger another global outbreak, one leading doctor predicts.

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Malaysia ex-PM's wife ordered to make defense in graft trial

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian court Thursday ordered the wife of ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter her defense in a corruption trial linked to a 1.25 billion ringgit ($310 million) solar energy project.

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150 jobs to go at Kerry Group

Up to 150 people will lose their jobs at Kerry Group over the next year as the company consolidates its shared services division at facilities in Mexico and Malaysia.

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Malaysia secures Covid-19 shots to cover 110% of population

Malaysia has secured access to enough coronavirus vaccines for its entire population, as the Southeast Asian nation prepares to roll out its inoculation program by the end of this month.The country is set to receive 66.7 million doses through the Covax Facility and five producers, subject to approval by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency, according to the immunization program launched by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Tuesday.Also Read | Inside the five-year battle food companies have fought to resist stricter labelling norms“The government’s strategy is to ensure as many residents in Malaysia as possible receive the vaccine, in order to save lives in the shortest time possible," he said in a handbook detailing the program.

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Malaysia offers COVID-19 vaccinations to foreign residents

Malaysia will extend its free COVID-19 vaccination programme to all foreigners residing in the country, including students, refugees and undocumented migrants, the government said on Thursday.The Southeast Asian country is expected to begin its vaccine rollout at the end of this month, aiming to cover at least 80% of its 32 million population within a year."A safe environment free from COVID-19 can only be achieved when as many Malaysian residents as possible are immunised," the government committee on vaccine supply said in a statement."During a pandemic, providing vaccinations is a humanitarian step."The committee, however, said priority will be given to Malaysians, with the vaccination schedule for foreigners to be announced at a later

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Indonesia, Malaysia vow to counter anti-palm oil campaign

JAKARTA – Malaysia and Indonesia on Friday agreed to coordinate and strengthen their campaign against they say is international discrimination against palm oil, the countries' main commodity.

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Personalised health services in India have significant cost barriers: Report

NEW DELHI : Personalised healthcare services in India have limited availability, often only in more industrialised, urban areas with significant cost barriers, revealed the Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index, released by Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU) on Thursday.The report which reveals positive progress towards Personalised Healthcare across 11 countries in Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand) ranked India at the 10th position just behind Indonesia which is at 11th spot.Also Read | Battered infra dream awaits a new dealThe report highlighted that the personalised healthcare is in very early stages in India.

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2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation; update on Northland case

There are 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement yesterday.

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8 cases of COVID-19 in 2 days in managed isolation

There are 8 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement on Friday.

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Miss Universe Malaysia reveals Covid-19 result horror which left her 'shaking'

"Care for your love ones, stay home if you got nothing important to do outside unless u really need to do groceries. Wear mask, avoid handshakes, sanitize and wash your hands."

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Malaysia unveils $3.7 billion package as Covid cases surge

Malaysia unveiled a 15 billion ringgit ($3.7 billion) package to help the economy weather the impact from a fresh surge in coronavirus cases.The plan, which includes cash support to the poor, tax breaks and wage subsidies, will help bolster the existing initiatives aimed at helping people blunt the economic impact of the pandemic, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address Monday.The measures come a week after Malaysia declared a state of emergency, allowing the government to enact immediate laws to contain the pandemic and support the economy.

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6 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are 6 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement yesterday. One of these cases is classified as historical and deemed not infectious.

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Malaysia reports 4,029 new Covid-19 cases in highest daily spike

Malaysia reported 4,029 new Covid-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 155,095, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that eight of the new cases are imported and 4,021 are local transmissions.Another eight deaths have been reported, pushing the total deaths to 594.Some 2,148 more patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 117,375, or 75.7 per cent of all cases.Of the remaining 37,126 active cases, 205 are being held in intensive care and 79 of those are in need of assisted breathing.

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World's biggest covid centre in Delhi starts admitting foreigners

Also Read | How plant meat is coming of age in IndiaThe centre has admitted several patients, coming from different countries like Dubai, Netherland, Japan, Malaysia and Canada. "There have been a consistently lesser number of patients in Sardar Patel COVID centre situated in Chhatarpur.

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Malaysia declares state of emergency to curb spread of coronavirus

Also Read | How plant meat is coming of age in IndiaIt was not immediately clear how the emergency would impact day to day activities, but the constitution allows for parliament to be suspended during that period - which could for now put an end to political uncertainties faced by Muhyiddin.Malaysia's benchmark share index fell as much as 1.3% after the emergency announcement.The premier has been in a precarious position since coming to power in March 2020 due to a razor thin majority in parliament. Some ruling coalition partners have been calling for him to step down and call for early elections.The palace said Muhyiddin requested the emergency as a proactive measure to curb COVID-19.The emergency will last until Aug.

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The Latest: Pacific nation of Micronesia sees 1st virus case

expanding the biggest vaccination drive in its history by opening football stadiums, major league ballparks, fairgrounds and convention centers to inoculate more people— Malaysia’s king has approved a coronavirus emergency that will suspend parliament at least until August and halt any bids to seek a general election— China expands lockdowns, postpones local political conference in a province next to Beijing amid recent COVID-19 outbreak— The coronavirus death toll in California has reached 30,000, another staggering milestone as the nation’s most populous state endures the worst surge of the pandemic— Health expert says worst time for Britain's National Health Service is hitting now — Follow AP’s coverage at

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Malaysia under virus emergency in reprieve for embattled PM

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia's king Tuesday approved a coronavirus emergency that will suspend parliament at least until August and halt any bids to seek a general election in a political reprieve for embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin assured citizens in a televised speech that the emergency was “not a military coup and curfew will not be enforced.” He said his civilian government will remain in charge during the emergency, that will last until Aug.

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Malaysia coroner rules out others in French-Irish teen death

KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian coroner ruled Monday the death of a French-Irish teen, whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on holiday, was most likely a misadventure that didn't involve other people.Coroner Maimoonah Aid ruled out homicide, natural death and suicide and said Nora Anne Quoirin likely got lost after leaving her family's cottage on her own.The 15-year-old disappeared at the Dusun eco-resort in southern Negeri Sembilan state on Aug. 4, 2019, a day after the family arrived for a vacation.

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19 new cases in 3 days of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are 19 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement on 31 December 2020.

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11 cases of COVID-19 at border in two days

There have been 11 cases of COVID-19 detected in recent returnees in managed isolation since the Ministry’s last update on 29 December. There are no new cases in the community.

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Girl Scout cookies tied to child labor in palm oil industry

A file image shows a palm oil tree at a palm oil plantation on March 24, 2019 in Carey Island outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images) Olivia, who earned a badge for selling more than 600 boxes of cookies, had spotted palm oil as an ingredient on the back of one of her packages, but was relieved to see a green tree logo next to the words "certified sustainable." She assumed that meant her Thin Mints and Tagalongs weren’t harming rainforests, orangutans or those harvesting the orange-red palm fruit.But later, the whip-smart 11-year-old saw the word "mixed" on the label and quickly learned it meant exactly what she feared: Sustainable palm oil had been blended with oil from unsustainable sources.

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COVID-19 vaccine: Malaysia signs deal with AstraZeneca after Pfizer agreement

coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca PLC. Earlier, Malaysia signed an agreement with Pfizer-BioNTech to acquire their experimental coronavirus vaccine.The AstraZeneca deal will be signed on Monday.

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Singapore: Nearly half of foreign workers in dorms have had coronavirus

How rural schooling is going into the darkThe finding is further proof that Covid-19 infection is vastly under-detected across the board, and reflects the prevalence of the virus in tightly-spaced worker accommodations. In neighboring Malaysia, which supplies about two-thirds of the world’s latex gloves, the government last month imposed mandatory Covid-19 screening for the 1.7 million foreign workers in the country.For every Covid-19 infection in the dormitories detected through the polymerase chain reaction testing, “another 1.8 cases were untested and undetected at the time, and were identified subsequently only through serology testing," the statement said.

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6 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There are six new cases of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation since the Ministry’s last update on Wednesday. There are no new community cases.

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Singapore finds first local covid-19 case after nearly two weeks

Singapore confirmed its first case of locally transmitted Covid-19 in almost two weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health said in a statement.The government said the case was identified in the community and there are no new cases in the foreign worker dormitories.There are also four imported cases of who have been placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore. Last week, Singapore tightened border measures for travelers who have been to Malaysia or Japan amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases in those countries.All travelers who have been to Malaysia or Japan in the past two weeks have to serve 14-day stay-home notices at designated facilities.

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1 new case of COVID-19 in managed isolation

There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in managed isolation in New Zealand today. There are no new community cases.

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Major PPE manufacturer shuts down after 2,500 workers diagnosed with COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp., the world’s largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two-to-four-week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its factories were infected by the coronavirus, raising the possibility of supply disruptions during the pandemic.Top Glove said it has temporarily stopped production at 16 factories in Klang, a town outside Kuala Lumpur, since Nov.

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Coronavirus outbreak delays production at world’s top rubber glove maker

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp., the world’s largest maker of rubber gloves, said Tuesday it expects a two to four week delay in deliveries after more than 2,000 workers at its factories were infected by the coronavirus, raising the possibility of supply disruptions during the pandemic. Top Glove said it has temporarily stopped production at 16 factories in Klang, a town outside Kuala Lumpur, since Nov.

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China, 14 other countries sign deal to form world’s largest trade bloc

China and 14 other countries agreed Sunday to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, was signed virtually on Sunday on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations.“I am delighted to say that after eight years of hard work, as of today, we have officially brought RCEP negotiations to a conclusion for signing,” said host country Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

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ASEAN, China, other partners set world's biggest trade pact

China and 14 other countries have agreed to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed virtually on Sunday on the sidelines of the annual summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “After eight years of negotiating with blood, sweat and tears, we have finally come to the moment where we will seal the RCEP Agreement," Malaysia's trade minister, Mohamed Azmin Ali, said in a statement.

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Big study supports cheap combo pill to lower heart risks

small study last year in Alabama suggested benefit. The new study tested Polycap, a pill from India-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0