COVID-19: Varian baharu ‘Deltacron’ ditemui
PARA saintis di Cyprus percaya mereka telah menemui varian terbaharu COVID-19. Sebanyak 25 kes dikesan setakat ini berkaitan varian Deltacron, yang merupakan gabungan antara varian Delta dan Omicron, memetik laporan Bloomberg. Profesor Sains Biologi Universiti Cyprus, Leondios Kostrikis memberitahu Sigma TV, terdapat jangkitan yang menggabungkan varian Omicron dan Delta. Saintis di Makmal Bioteknologi dan Virologi […]
Tiada Majlis Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baharu Cina Pulau Pinang tahun ini
GEORGETOWN: Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang memutuskan tiada Majlis Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baharu Cina Ketua Menteri tahun ini ekoran situasi semasa negara yang masih berdepan dengan pandemik Covid-19 yang belum pulih sepenuhnya. Menurut kenyataan media Bahagian Penerangan Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang, keputusan tersebut dibuat selepas mengambil kira aspek keselamatan semua pihak terutama penduduk Pulau Pinang secara […]
Doktor klinik swasta disyaki keluar 1,900 sijil palsu vaksin
KUALA LUMPUR – Aktiviti seorang doktor di sebuah klinik swasta di sini yang disyaki mengeluarkan 1,900 sijil pemberian suntikan vaksin Covid-19 palsu akhirnya terbongkar. Suspek berusia 51 tahun itu berjaya ditahan oleh Polis Kontinjen Terengganu dengan kerjasama Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Terengganu dalam serbuan di Marang, Sabtu lalu. Ketua Polis Terengganu, Deputi Komisioner Datuk Rohaimi Md. […]
Hyundai sets eco-friendly car sales success
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Group is expected to achieve three million units in accumulated environment-friendly vehicle sales in the first half, driven by new models, industry sources said yesterday. The South Korean automotive group, which has Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Corp under its wing, sold a cumulative 2.53 million eco-friendly vehicles as of November last […]
Covid-19: Terengganu opens 72 PPV to dispense booster shots
KUALA TERENGGANU: A total of 72 Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) have been opened in all eight districts across Terengganu to increase the capacity for administering booster shots in the state. State Health Department director Datuk Dr Kasemani Embong said of the total, 24 PPV are government health clinics, 39 are private clinics, two are private […]
Philippines urges Indonesia to lift coal export ban
MANILA, Jan 10 — The Philippines’ energy secretary Alfonso Cusi has appealed to Indonesia to lift its coal export ban, saying the policy will be detrimental to economies heavily reliant on the fuel for power generation, Manila’s Department of Energy said today. Indonesia, the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter suspended exports on January 1 after […]
Robot trucks get US tests, raising self-driving safety stakes
Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc, Uber Technologies Inc’s freight division and FedEx Corp are among the operators testing automated […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi hit with new convictions, jail term
YANGON, Jan 10 — A Myanmar junta court on Monday convicted Aung San Suu Kyi of three criminal charges, sentencing her to four years in prison in the latest in a slew of cases against the ousted civilian leader. The Nobel laureate has been detained since February 1 when her government was forced out in […]
Education Ministry to provide weekly Wednesday updates of schools unable to reopen due to floods
KLANG, Jan 10 — The list of schools that have yet to resume physical class sessions due to the flood situation will be updated every Wednesday to enable the schools involved to start operations for the next week if they are ready, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin. “Every Wednesday, we will update the […]
