Archives for November 2020

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, many are asking: what happens if I test positive? Will I be hospitalised? How will all my close contacts be traced?

The good news is there are clear guidelines, COVID-19 hotlines, and many online consultation services provided by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malaysia that answer these queries.

Read more HERE.

There are many hardships facing Indian soldiers posted to the icy Himalayan hilltops along the disputed border with China. But no one expected this. 

One moment, they felt healthy and alert, eyes peeled for signs of their aggressive neighbour’s troops. Then, within less than a minute, they began to vomit almost simultaneously, as if struck down by a violent stomach bug.

The soldiers’ bodies grew weak, with some barely able to stand, and they fled, leaving the hilltops open for units of Chinese soldiers to move in and occupy. Not a shot had been fired.

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A company in the global race to produce a Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes that its jab could stop humans spreading the virus to each other following successful trials in monkeys.

Novavax told The Mail on Sunday that its vaccine ‘prevented infection’ between rhesus macaque monkeys in testing.

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Some of the honey on the shelves of Britain’s biggest supermarkets may have been adulterated with cheap sugar syrups, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

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PETALING JAYA: The Higher Education Ministry has called upon students, lecturers and staff of higher education institutions (HEIs) to continuously cooperate with authorities in curbing the spread of Covid-19.

Pointing out that the accumulated number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has reached 48,520 as of Nov 16, Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad said all levels of society – including students and academics – must cooperate with authorities to contain the number of Covid-19 cases.

“In less than a year, accumulated Covid-19 cases worldwide has reached 54.4mil. Death cases reached 1.32mil.”

She added that everyone should adopt CAPP (cegah, amal, patuh, pantau) in the current situation.

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Dogs really are man’s best friends. Ping An, a young Golden Retriever, managed to walk 100km to get back home. It was a long, 14-day trip through China for this one-year-old dog whose name means “safe and sound” in Mandarin.

This heart-warming story was published on Ladbible’s website. Ping An’s owners had arranged for the dog to stay with friends in Nantong while their house was undergoing renovations. However, young Ping An decided to sneak out to go back home in Qidong, 100km away, near the Yellow Sea.

According to the British site, the Golden Retriever took off after spending four months at the home of her temporary caretakers. Ping An disappeared for two weeks, but ended up back in her hometown of Qidong. The final day of her incredible journey was captured on camera by city office workers. Unable to find her owner’s house, the young skinny dog was photographed lying down in front of a building with injured paws after her long journey.

The employees posted Ping An’s photos on popular Chinese social network WeChat, where her owners recognised her. In a video showing their reunion, her owners are seen saying to the dog: “Ping An, you’ve worked hard. You just stay home from now on. (We) would never send you away,” according to Ladbible. The Golden Retriever was taken to a vet upon her return but is in good shape now.

Oddly enough, this story is very similar to a previous one involving a seven-year-old dog called Dou Dou, who was accidentally forgotten in a gas station in the Hangzhou region.

After a 26-day trek and about 60km, Dou Dou managed to find its home and surprised owners. This story made Chinese headlines two weeks ago. – AFP Relaxnews

Lead author Dr Muge Cevik, of the University of St Andrews, said: ‘This is the first systematic review and meta-analysis that has comprehensively examined and compared viral load and shedding for… three human coronaviruses.’

It found that the level of virus causing the current pandemic is highest at the time symptoms begin, or before day five of symptoms. 

In contrast, the viral loads of SARS and MERS-CoV peaked at 10-14 days and 7-10 days after symptom onset, respectively.

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is a wake up call. It’s better to bring your own cup to any Starbucks of McDonalds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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