IPOH, Dec 28 — Perak has detected the second case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the state, involving an individual who returned home after performing the umrah pilgrimage.State Health, Science, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman …
Day: December 28, 2021
34 companies receive the LZS diamond award for paying zakat
SHAH ALAM, Dec 28 – The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) has given out the Diamond Muzakki IKTIRAF Award to 34 companies for paying over RM1 million in business zakat this year.LZS chief executive officer, Saipolyazan M. Yusop, said the IKTIRAF award was giv…
Selangor: SWCorp deploys 200 workers to assist in cleaning operations
KLANG, Dec 28 — A total of 200 workers of the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) under the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) have been mobilised to assist in the post-flood cleaning operations in Selangor.S…
JAIS opens collection centres for Quran, Religious books damaged by floods
SHAH ALAM, Dec 28 — The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) has opened collection centres for copies of al-Quran and religious books damaged by floods at six locations in the state from yesterday to Thursday.Its director Datuk Mohd Shahzihan …
Price Control Scheme extended to Feb 4 – Nanta
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 — The Keluarga Malaysia Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMKM) which was supposed to end on Dec 31 has now been extended to Feb 4, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said. He said the number …
Indonesia detects first local transmission of omicron variant
JAKARTA, Dec 28 — The Indonesian health ministry has detected the first case of locally transmitted COVID-19 Omicron variant in a 37-year-old man from the city of Medan.The man and his wife, who visit Jakarta once a month, arrived the capital city on …
COVID: Don’t let your guard down during holidays season – Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today reminded Malaysians not to let their guard down during this holidays season as COVID-19 and its variant are already circulating in the community.Dr Noor Hisham also a…
Booster dose interval cut to three months for Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccine recipients
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 — The booster dose interval for recipients of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine has been shortened to a minimum of three months after the primer vaccine, from six months previously, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.He said thi…