Olympics-WHO head Tedros backs Tokyo Games amid pandemic
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Tokyo Olympics should go ahead to demonstrate to the world what can be achieved with the right plan and measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. Speaking to the International Olympic Committee members at their session in the Japanese capital, Tedros said the […]
FMM calls for non-essential sectors to reopen at 50% capacity
KUALA LUMPUR: Manufacturers in non-essential sectors, which had seen sales plummet and cashflow nearly dried up due to the Covid-19 restrictions, appealed to the government to let them resume operations at 50% workforce capacity. The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) had on Wednesday appealed for the reopening regardless if their operations are in phases one […]
Ariel Henry formally appointed prime minister of Haiti in wake of president’s assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s government on Tuesday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in a murder plot that likely extends far beyond the Caribbean country’s borders. Henry assumed the role of de-facto leader of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation in a ceremony in the […]
Terengganu and Sabah have highest Covid-19 infectivity rate among states in Phase Two of NRP
PETALING JAYA: Terengganu and Sabah, which have transitioned into Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan, are the states with the highest Covid-19 infectivity rate (R0) as of July 20. According to data shared by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on Twitter on Wednesday (July 21), Terengganu recorded the highest R0 in […]
