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Covid: China hits back as US revisits Wuhan lab-leak theory Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 01:16 PM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab. US President Joe Biden has said he expects to release the results of an intelligence report on the origins of the virus. China's foreign ministry accused the US of "political manipulation and blame shifting". It has rejected any link between Covid-19 and a virus research lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Covid-19 was first detected in Wuhan in late 2019. Since then, more than 168 million cases have been confirmed worldwide and about 3.5 million deaths reported. Chinese officials linked early Covid cases to a seafood market in Wuhan, leading scientists to theorise that the virus had first passed to humans from animals. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is "extremely unlikely" that the virus spread from a lab leak, following a visit to Wuhan earlier this year to investigate the origins of the coronavirus outbreak. WHO virologist Marion Koopmans, who was part of that field visit, told the BBC that if the US authorities had any information they should share it. - More -   Order is out to rotate civil servants to check graft, boost efficiency Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 11:59 AM - Forum: Local News - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Civil servants who can be moved will now be subjected to rotation within their departments or ministries under a system to check corruption and improve efficiency, according to the Public Service Department (JPA). A circular sighted by FMT said officers in essential services must be rotated after serving between three and five years in a post, while those in other services will be involved in the move any time between three and eight years. JPA director-general Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman said this move follows the directive by chief secretary to the government Mohd Zuki Ali on April 6 asking the department to implement it to curb malpractices and inefficiency. “In view of this, all ministries and departments must carry out the internal rotation of at least 50% of the staff who are eligible to be moved. This involves officers below Grade 54 and the order comes into effect immediately,” he said in the circular. - More -   MACC probes Tajuddin for alleged abuse of power Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 11:53 AM - Forum: Local News - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Former Prasarana chairman Tajuddin Abdul Rahman has been questioned by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over alleged abuse of power. Another source said he had met with the MACC before heading to the Dang Wangi police station to provide a statement over his alleged breach of SOP at a press conference. He is being investigated under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009 for using an office or position for gratification. The second source said MACC was preparing investigation papers to press charges soon. - More -   Pakistani politician proposes law making marriage mandatory at age 18 Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 09:47 AM - Forum: International News - No Replies Pakistani politician proposes law making marriage mandatory at age 18, fines for parents who fail to marry off their kids Syed Abdul Rasheed, a member of the far-right political alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), loosely translated as United Council of Action, also proposed that parents be fined if they failed to obey the law. Pakistan portal Dawn reported that Rasheed made the proposal, called The Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act, 2021, at the Sindh Provincial Assembly. The bill also recommends parents be fined Rs500 (RM13) if they failed to marry their children off at the age. - More -   Johor Pakatan urges Putrajaya to let state boost Covid-19 vaccination efforts Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 08:49 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies JOHOR BARU, May 27 — The Johor Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition today proposed that the state government should target 80 per cent Covid-19 herd immunity by the year’s end for travel to resume and the economy to recover. In a statement, Johor PH said the latest data shows that various non-medical measures including the Emergency and movement control order (MCO) have failed to control the increase in Covid-19 cases. “We urge the federal government to allow the state government to submit programmes to complement the national vaccination project through its own initiative. - More -   No need for panic over under-dosing reports, says Boon Chye Posted by: superadmin - 05-28-2021, 08:39 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye has voiced his confidence in the professionalism of health workers administering Covid-19 vaccines, saying reports of under-dosing are probably exaggerated. He told FMT such a mistake rarely happened. “I don’t think the public should be unduly worried and panic over this,” he said in reference to allegations that people were given reduced doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. “I believe that any under-dosing, if it did happen, was accidental. The health officer in charge of the vaccination centre should be able to make sure there’s no recurrence. - More -   Ceiling or not, give details of RM70mil allocation, Khairy told Posted by: superadmin - 05-27-2021, 11:10 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Vaccine minister Khairy Jamaluddin has been urged to reveal the full details of the RM70 million allocated for the national immunisation programme’s (PICK) data integration and appointment system. Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lim Yi Wei said Khairy should reveal the vendor, project manager, lead tech and developer behind the PICK system, and also provide details on the firm’s credentials. She also asked how much of the RM70 million had been spent so far and why the Covid-19 vaccine supply access guarantee special committee (JKJAV)’s hotline and email helpdesk were not responding to the public. “Vaccines are a life-saving right. Regardless of the RM70 million being a ceiling (price), the people deserve answers. Reveal the website tender details now,” the DAP assemblyman said in a statement today. - More -   Home ministry slams gates on PH reps with memorandum Posted by: superadmin - 05-27-2021, 11:04 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PUTRAJAYA: The home ministry has refused to accept a memorandum from a group of Pakatan Harapan representatives calling for an independent taskforce to investigate the deaths of A Ganapathy and S Sivabalan. Klang MP Charles Santiago (DAP), Selayang MP William Leong (PKR), Sentosa assemblyman Gunaraj George (PKR), Rawang assemblyman Chua Wei Kiat (PKR) and Taman Templer assemblyman Sany Hamzan (Amanah) waited for more than an hour outside the ministry’s gates after being prevented from entering the compound. They finally left the copies of their memorandum on the ministry’s gates before leaving. “We are leaving the memorandum here as a sign of protest,” declared Leong. - More -   ‘Time is running out’: Planet on course to hit a critical temperature limit soon Posted by: superadmin - 05-27-2021, 11:01 PM - Forum: Environment Protection News - No Replies That 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level is the lower target of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. The climate accord is widely recognized as critically important to avoid an irreversible climate crisis. In 2020 — one of the three hottest years on record — the global average temperature was 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial baseline. The likelihood of the planet reaching a key temperature limit within the next five years has doubled, according to a study by climate scientists, with the world on track to witness the hottest year on record in that same time frame. “There is about a 40% chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5° Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial level in at least one of the next five years — and these odds are increasing with time,” the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday. The WMO, a specialized agency of the United Nations, said this had doubled from 20% in the last decade. That 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level is the lower target of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. The climate accord is widely recognized as critically important to avoid an irreversible climate crisis. - More -   Eateries hate the 8 to 8 rule Posted by: superadmin - 05-27-2021, 12:34 PM - Forum: Business. Economy and Investment - No Replies PETALING JAYA: A restaurant association has questioned the wisdom of requiring eateries to close by 8pm under the current movement control order. Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association president J Suresh said the restriction served only to inconvenience restaurant operators, food delivery services and customers. “It is difficult for the operators as they will have to take their last orders by 7pm before rushing to close their restaurants,” he told FMT. “The rush hour orders will make it impossible for us to close by 8pm.” Suresh said the restrictions would also endanger the lives of food delivery riders because they would have to rush to fulfil their final orders. He urged the government to extend operating hours for the take-out option to 10pm, saying this might prevent a rush. “I suggest the government look into this matter seriously and allow restaurants to operate until at least 10pm.” A Grab spokesman said the number of e-hailing riders available for deliveries was sufficient. “Apart from the e-hailing riders, we also have GrabCar drivers delivering food orders,” she told FMT. - More - Pages (1133): « Previous 1 … 986 987 988 989 990 … 1133 Next » Jump to page: