MAIS salur RM50,000 bantu urus jenazah pesakit COVID-19
SHAH ALAM: Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) menyalurkan dana RM50,000 bagi menyediakan peralatan pengurusan jenazah pesakit COVID-19 seperti set kelengkapan pelindung diri (PPE) dan beg mayat. Peruntukan Baitulmal MAIS itu disalurkan kepada Amal Valley Organization iaitu pertubuhan yang dilantik oleh Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) untuk menguruskan jenazah COVID-19 di hospital di Selangor. Setiausaha MAIS, […]
516 pemekat oksigen dipasang di PKRC MAEPS 2.0
PUTRAJAYA: Sebanyak 516 unit pemekat oksigen akan ditempatkan di Dewan A dan C Pusat Kuarantin dan Rawatan COVID-19 (PKRC) Bersepadu 2.0 di Taman Ekspo Pertanian Malaysia (MAEPS) Serdang yang merawat pesakit COVID-19 kategori tiga dan empat. Pengarah PKRC MAEPS 2.0, Dr Shahabuddin Ibrahim, berkata langkah itu sebagai persediaan keperluan peningkatan pesakit yang memerlukan bantuan oksigen. […]
Olimpik Tokyo 2020: 850,000 penonton sertai pembukaan virtual
BERBAKI dua hari sebelum upacara pembukaan rasmi Sukan Olimpik Tokyo, kira-kira 850,000 orang mengambil bahagian untuk menonton dalam talian festival yang berlangsung di Stadium Olimpik maya. Terdahulu, kanak-kanak dari seluruh dunia dijemput menghantar karya seni yang kemudiannya dipamerkan semasa acara itu berlangsung. Pada asalnya, penganjur merancang untuk mengadakan festival ‘wassai’ itu di Stadium Olimpik sebenar, […]
Banjir besar China terburuk dalam 1,000 tahun
BEIJING: Siapa sangka, dalam tempoh tiga hari, taburan hujan di wilayah Henan (di tengah China), menyaksikan peningkatan drastik sehingga mengakibatkan banjir besar yang melanda wilayah itu sejak malam tadi. Ia turut mengakibatkan sekurang-kurangnya 13 nyawa terkorban, dengan 100,000 penduduk dilaporkan terkesan. Malah, banjir besar itu turut mengakibatkan laluan tren bawah tanah tergendala dan penumpang terpaksa berdepan […]
76 lagi kes baharu varian Delta dikesan di Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak merekodkan 76 lagi kes baharu varian Delta (B.1.167.2) di tujuh bahagian negeri itu, menjadikan jumlah keseluruhan 93 kes melibatkan varian itu sejak dilaporkan pada 4 Julai lalu. Pengarah Institut Kemahiran dan Perubatan Komuniti (IHCM) UNIMAS, Profesor Dr David Perera berkata varian tersebut dikesan melalui pengesanan dan pengawasan berterusan varian-varian SARS-COC-2 yang sedang menular di […]
Chong Wei the virtual Chef de Mission
IN an ideal world, Datuk Lee Chong Wei would have wanted the delayed Tokyo Olympics to be his swansong. But it wasn’t meant to be, as his illustrious 20-year career came to a premature end when he was diagnosed with nose cancer at the end of 2018. Still, all was not lost for the Malaysian […]
MAHB’ share price reliance continues to be supported by vaccination programme
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holding Bhd’s (MAHB) share price resilience should continue to find support from good progress in Malaysia’s vaccination programme, said TA Securities Holdings Bhd. This is despite the weak data and the challenging near-term outlook, which were crimped by the stubbornly high Covid-19 infections in Malaysia and Movement Control Order (MCO). As […]
12 dead in flooded subway as downpours hit central China
BEIJING: 12 people died after torrential rains flooded the subway in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, authorities said Wednesday, as shocking images of passengers struggling against neck-high water inside a train carriage emerged on social media. The city of more than 10 million people in Henan province “has experienced a series of rare and […]
49 nabbed over mass prayers outside Taman Pelangi surau remanded
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Magistrate’s Court here granted a four-day remand against 48 Bangladeshi men to facilitate investigations into a mass prayer session outside Surau Taman Pelangi here, yesterday in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha. The court also granted a three-day remand order against a 64-year-old local man for the same purpose. The remand order was […]
