Archive - 27 January 2020

CORONAVIRUS | Health DG cites the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in JB as an example of such hospitals.

CORONAVIRUS | Girl in question was treated for common fever and sore throat, says Dr Nor Azimi.

CORONAVIRUS | Foreign minister says the ERT would keep tabs on the health and wellbeing of Malaysians in China.

Leong Mun Yee says as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, the training centre was closed to outsiders.

LETTER | We have lived through several pandemics, and from the looks of it, we can and will get through this one too.

The country is also ranked 18th worldwide in a study released several months before the coronavirus outbreak.

LETTER | Most people do not write letters for trivial issues, but for important complaints needing action.

News agency IRNA, quoting local aviation officials, says technical issue delayed plane’s landing causing the accident.

CORONAVIRUS | An hour before gov't announced temporary suspension, ex-premier points to Mahathir having done so during Sars outbreak in 2003.

She is suing Abdul Hamid Bador as he has failed to act on the 2014 Ipoh High Court's mandamus order.

CORONAVIRUS | PMO says the suspension of all immigration facilities is to contain infection of the new coronavirus.

She says this in response to a report of local top sugar producer buying more raw material from India.

CORONAVIRUS | Thermal scanners placed at Malaysia-Thai border complexes and airport in Pengkalan Chepa.

Gov't initiatives to achieve this include pneumococcal vaccination for children and smoking ban at eateries.

UPDATED 4.41PM | Reports on such cases in the four states that have gone viral on social media are not true, authorities say.

The distrust between the rulers and the ruled, combined with economic hardship, bodes ill for the parliamentary vote in February.

UPDATED 3.57PM | CORONAVIRUS | Health Ministry will release list of fake news and lies concerning the disease in the country.

COMMENT | We look high up the ustaz, monks and pastors as selected men by God to preach His words - but the truth is, they are simply trying to cari makan.

CORONAVIRUS | The total number of confirmed cases in China rose about 30 percent to 2,744, about half of which were in Hubei.

COMMENT | My divisiveness does not make for good mainstream politics or consensus-building.

Party's Kepala Batas division head Azlina wants Srikandi to be more than just 'window-dressing'.

Police confiscate weapons, boats and a slaughtered deer worth RM33,000.

UPDATED 1.52PM | CORONAVIRUS | Dr Dzulkefly says patient has been placed in isolation along with two other suspected cases in Langkawi.

This may undercut Trump’s defence that there was no quid pro quo in his Ukraine request to investigate Biden and son.

LETTER | 'Fabricated news is infectious. It infects many social media users, especially on WhatsApp, who can be blindly manipulated.'

CORONAVIRUS | China requests two-drug combo from US-based firm AbbVie to manage symptoms in response to crisis.

CORONAVIRUS | Viral news claims Chinese man at CIQ was infected, but the deceased was S'porean with heart issues.

CORONAVIRUS | Test on a patient at the private hospital was not for the virus, it says, while Factcheck.org says claims by netizens are false.

Nearly 28pct of those below five years old have been immunised under Health Ministry's programme launched in December.

CORONAVIRUS | Saifuddin says there is no need to evacuate the 49 Malaysians there just yet.

CORONAVIRUS | Hong Kong bans visitors from Hubei, the worst-hit province.

YOURSAY | 'The PSS has not been fully explained to the people. It is not a passport nor work permit…'.

UPDATED 2PM | Farhash Wafa's suit is related to alleged defamatory words Yusoff uttered against him on Dec 4 last year.

Traffic police figures show motorcyclists and pillion riders accounted for the highest number of deaths, at 82.

They cite dissatisfaction with the party leadership for being insensitive to the grassroots’ grievances.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.