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  • M’sians stranded in Chad told to contact M’sian high commission in Abuja

    M’sians stranded in Chad told to contact M’sian high commission in Abuja

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    PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar (pix) has told Malaysians stranded in Chad and Nigeria to immediately contact the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.

    Kamaruddin, who can also be the Foreign Ministry Covid-19 Task Force chairman, stated that based mostly on info acquired from the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja, the N’djamena Chad Airport is anticipated to stay closed till additional discover.

    “Malaysians stranded in Chad can contact the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja directly at +2347031365197,” he stated in an announcement at this time.

    Regarding Malaysians stranded in Algeria, which went viral on the social media yesterday, Kamarudin stated Wisma Putra had taken observe of the matter.

    “For now, the Algerian government has suspended all commercial flight operations in the country. The Malaysian Ambassador in Algeria is in the process of arranging a special flight to bring home all Malaysians stranded there,” he stated.

    He added that Wisma Putra, by means of its representatives abroad, would proceed to make sure the well-being of Malaysians stranded in overseas international locations.

    Malaysian representatives abroad may also take acceptable motion to guarantee they returned residence safely. Wisma Putra additionally welcomed the assistance of all events to deliver residence affected Malaysians overseas due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he stated.

    As for Malaysians in India, he stated a complete of 359 of these stranded in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) safely returned residence on board two specifically chartered Malindo Air plane, which touched down on the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (klia2) at 5.50am and 4.46pm at this time.

    The subsequent flights from India are scheduled to arrive in Malaysia from April 3 to April 6 and these will deliver again a complete of 1,790 Malaysians nonetheless stranded in India, together with in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Trichy, he stated.

    He added there have been 266 Malaysians nonetheless stranded in Australia, not together with the 59 in Melbourne who’re anticipated to arrive in KLIA at 8.30pm at this time. — Bernama

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  • ‘Covid Camp’ helps reduce risk of Covid-19 infection

    ‘Covid Camp’ helps reduce risk of Covid-19 infection

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    JOHOR BARU: Concerned in regards to the security and luxury of frontliners, the Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) has taken the initiative to improve its Covid-19 screening centre, often known as the ‘Covid Camp’.

    HSI Emergency and Trauma Department head Dr Maryam Sumaiya Ahmad Termizi mentioned via the initiative which was additionally carried out to minimise the risk of Covid-19 infection for healthcare staff, the centre has been reworked from utilizing canvas tent beforehand to air-conditioned tent.

    She mentioned the centre which was the brainchild of HSI medical doctors, assistant medical officers in addition to public relations officers was in-built collaboration with numerous events together with non-governmental organisations and company firms.

    “The risk of infection can be reduced if we keep a safe distance with patients. The setting up of a separate air-conditioned tent can also help reduce the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and provide comfort the personnel.

    “Previously, our personnel would sweat excessively when wearing the PPE but now they feel more comfortable and it has also helped boost their morale,” she instructed Bernama right here at this time.

    Maryam Sumaiya who has been serving at HSI since 2014 nonetheless, mentioned that these well being personnel had been nonetheless required to work outdoors the tent to take samples of sufferers particularly kids.

    She mentioned beforehand, sufferers needed to endure screening on the Emergency Department of the hospital which was normally congested.

    Maryam Sumaiya mentioned the centre can also be outfitted with different services comparable to prayer rooms and bathrooms for the healthcare personnel in addition to sufferers. — Bernama

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  • Covid-19: List of fake news as of 7pm today

    Covid-19: List of fake news as of 7pm today

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    KUALA LUMPUR: The following are the replies made by the related businesses to the Quick Response Team of the Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) on fake news that went viral on social media as of 7pm today.

    >> The National Security Council (MKN) has denied claims a 3rd section of the Movement Control Order (MCO) can be carried out from April 15 to May 15, 2020.

    >> The MKN has additionally denied allegations that summonses can be issued, with out discretion used, by the authorities through the MCO interval, such RM300 for travelling in a automobile with multiple individual, RM200 for not sporting a face masks and RM150 for leaving residence after 10 pm.

    >> The Hulu Langat District Health Office has denied that it had despatched a brief messaging service (SMS) textual content to inform {that a} supervisor at Sungai Ramal Shell station had examined constructive for Covid-19. — Bernama

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  • Four zones for classification of Covid-19 areas

    Four zones for classification of Covid-19 areas

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    KUALA LUMPUR: The areas of Covid-19 have been categorised into 4 zones primarily based on the quantity of instances in an space by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

    National Security Council (MKN) in its response to the often requested query (FAQ) on the second part of the Movement Control Order (MCO 2) mentioned that the crimson zone refers to areas with greater than 40 constructive instances, whereas the orange zone is for areas with 21 to 40 constructive instances.

    The yellow zone refers to areas with one to 20 constructive instances and the inexperienced zone is with none constructive case.

    “The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) was carried out at sure areas or localities within the crimson zone on the recommendation of the MOH when there’s a sudden unfold of the virus in that locality,“ mentioned MKN.

    MKN famous that throughout the MCO 2 interval beginning yesterday till April 14, solely 10 important sectors had been allowed to function, together with meals companies, water, vitality, communications and web in addition to safety and defence.

    Solid waste administration, public cleaning and sewerage; healthcare and medical together with dietary complement; banking and finance; e-commerce and logistics are additionally confined to important companies. — Bernama

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  • 70 pregnant Malaysian women working in S’pore brought home via Johor causeway

    70 pregnant Malaysian women working in S’pore brought home via Johor causeway

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    SINGAPORE: Seventy pregnant Malaysian women working in Singapore together with 10 kids and other people with disabilities have been brought home at the moment via the Johor causeway.

    The journey was made doable by the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore.

    “They were brought home in two buses. Prior to that, they gathered at the Kranji MRT Station here as early as 10am,” Malaysian Deputy High Commissioner to Singapore Muhd Radzi Jamaluddin instructed Bernama.

    Muhd Radzi stated particular consideration was given to the group as a number of the women have been nearly because of ship.

    “Every effort was taken to ensure their safe return so that their babies could be delivered in their hometowns,” he stated including that a few of them had additionally raised fears that issues would come up if their infants have been to be delivered in the republic

    “This is because both countries have imposed various conditions and restrictions on foreign visitors which were constantly changing thus encouraging them to return to Malaysia as soon as possible,” he stated.

    On March 31, the Malaysian authorities introduced that each one Malaysians who return to the nation from abroad journeys should bear quarantine for 14 days at authorities quarantine centres efficient April 3.

    The Movement Control Order (MCO) interval which took impact from March 18, has additionally compelled some Malaysians who don’t possess automobiles to stroll for about one kilometre throughout the Causeway.

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  • Remdesivir to be used in treatment of Covid-19: Health DG

    Remdesivir to be used in treatment of Covid-19: Health DG

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    PUTRAJAYA: A brand new antiviral drug, Remdesivir, will be launched to deal with Covid-19 sufferers in the nation, stated Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix).

    He stated the Ministry of Health (MOH) has acquired a number of purposes to convey in the drugs.

    “There have been purposes to convey in the Remdesivir drug and now we have accepted one or two purposes. Insya Allah, we’ll introduce this new drug to deal with Covid-19 sufferers,“ he stated at a day by day media convention on Covid-19 right here at present.

    Last March 28, Dr Noor Hisham was reported to have stated that the prevailing medication Clorokuin, Hydroxychloroquine and mixture of Lopinavir / Ritonavir which are used to deal with different ailments might be used in the treatment of Covid-19.

    Asked if the quantity of Covid-19 assessments carried out to date was sufficient, he stated MOH had met the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) benchmark.

    He stated primarily based on the share of 7.2% Covid-19 constructive circumstances from all samples taken, it’s under the 10% set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), therefore exhibiting that the nation has been performing sufficient assessments.

    “We have taken 43,462 samples and the (quantity of) constructive circumstances are 3,116, which means the speed of our constructive circumstances is 7.2%,,“ he added.

    Prior to this, medical specialists claimed that Malaysia remains to be behind in conducting the assessments for Covid-19, regardless of the rise in constructive circumstances two weeks in the past.

    Meanwhile, Noor Hisham stated the Covid-19 mortality fee in Malaysia, which is at 1.6 %, is taken into account nonetheless low, in contrast with the worldwide loss of life fee of round 4.5%.

    On the scarcity of private protecting tools (PPE), he stated, the issue has been resolved, however the concern now could be to ship the provides to hospitals and clinics concerned in the treatment of Covid-19.

    However, he stated, efforts had been being made to resolve the matter.

    “We hope inside this week the difficulty of distribution will be settled, now we have greater than 50,000 donated masks and PPE, in addition to half 1,000,000 masks from China for instance.

    “There is rather a lot of donations coming in and the difficulty now could be we try our greatest to handle the logistic to ship to Sabah and Sarawak for instance,“ he added. — Bernama

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  • MCO violations: 115 charged in several states, 24 sentenced to community service

    MCO violations: 115 charged in several states, 24 sentenced to community service

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    KUALA LUMPUR: A complete of 115 folks had been charged in several states in the present day for violating the Movement Control Order (MCO), and aside from administering the customary sentence of imprisonment or a wonderful, one court docket in the present day ordered 24 males to carry out community service.

    This different punishment was meted out by the George Town Magistrates Court in PENANG, to the lads aged between 25 and 48, who performed soccer in a discipline in the grounds of the College General, a Catholic seminary right here on March 31 at 5.30pm, in contravention of the continuing MCO imposed by the federal government to include Covid-19.

    In accordance with the provisions of the Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954, all 24 who pleaded responsible, are required to report to the Prisons Department which is able to decide the kind of community service to be carried out for 3 hours a day over a three-month interval.

    In KUALA LUMPUR, a complete of 22 people had been introduced earlier than Justice of the Peace’s courts throughout the town. They included Pakistani nationwide Mahmood Husaain, 40, who was fined RM2,500, with a three-month jail time period in default, for elevating his voice in direction of cops at a roadblock and for not cooperating with them.

    Seven different people aged between 20 and 28, together with a feminine Kyrgyzstan citizen, had been fined between RM500 and RM1,000, with a two-month jail time period in default, for offences corresponding to loitering in a playground and jogging across the metropolis, between March 27 and April 1. Two Indonesian contract staff had been fined for gathering at a spot in Taman Mulia Jaya, Ampang and not using a legitimate purpose.

    In NEGRI SEMBILAN, 14 people had been charged. These included 4 under-aged youngsters who had been accused of enjoying soccer with six others, on the Jalan Anggerik soccer discipline in Taman Marida, Senawang on March 29 at 6 pm. Sentencing for the youngsters shall be undertaken after the court docket receives related social reviews on the 4.

    In PERAK, 38 people had been charged and these included 12 overseas nationals aged between 17 and 47 years who had been every fined RM1,000 by the Ipoh High Court. At the Kampar Justice of the Peace’s court docket, 12 people had been fined between RM1,000 and RM5,000, and sentenced to jail for between two and 7 months. Two of the offenders had been charged with obstructing a civil servant in the course of conducting his responsibility, and for refusing to furnish id playing cards when questioned by the police.

    In MALACCA, 17 males together with 12 foreigners had been fined between RM300 and RM1,000, with two weeks to two months in jail in default, for transferring from one location to one other with out legitimate causes. The foreigners included residents of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

    In GURUN, six males aged between 23 and 42 years had been fined RM1,000 by the Magistrates Court right here for violating the MCO between March 28 and 30.

    One of the lads, aged 23, was additionally charged with an offence below part 12 of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 however he was allowed bail of RM4,000, with case point out set for June 18. — Bernama

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  • ‘Warn and Sweep’ police teams tasked to nab MCO offenders in PJ

    ‘Warn and Sweep’ police teams tasked to nab MCO offenders in PJ

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    PETALING JAYA: To get cracking on those that proceed to defy the second section of the motion management order (MCO), a heavy-duty job power known as “Warn and Sweep” has commenced its patrolling.

    The warn and sweep crew will goal areas recognized as being of low compliance of the MCO.

    Petaling Jaya police chief ACP Nik Ezanee who revealed this tonight stated the recognized areas are each residential and business areas.

    He stated the particular crew contains of a big workforce which is split to two teams. “The “warn” crew contains a patrol automobile, a motorbike patrol unit and a Black Maria police truck.

    The “sweep” crew is made up of personnel tasked to perform arrests. The “warn” crew will subject warnings on loud audio system with beacon lights ordering those that are outside to adjust to the MCO and return indoors.

    Then, the “sweep” crew will take over and make arrests on those that stay defiant. We have acquired very constructive outcomes after initiating this on Wednesday evening at Taman Medan and Taman Datuk Harun right here. The compliance price rose to 95% and we’ll proceed to perform this new operation.” he stated.

    Nik Ezanee stated PJ police have additionally initiated “point duty” the place police and troopers will perform foot patrols at areas recognized as Covid-19 crimson zones.

    He stated this was to guarantee residents do no loiter outside.

    Petaling Jaya is recognized as the highest most space in the nation affected by the outbreak with the best variety of Covid-19 constructive sufferers.

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  • Bring along any utility bill when going out, Selangorians told

    Bring along any utility bill when going out, Selangorians told

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    SHAH ALAM: Selangor residents who must exit in the course of the Movement Control Oder (MCO) are inspired to carry along any of their present deal with’ utility bill.

    Selangor Integrity and Standards Compliance Department chief ACP Mohd Ismail Muslim stated the transfer is to point out that they’ve fulfilled the circumstances set within the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures inside Infected Local Areas) Regulations 2020.

    He stated Rule four of the Regulation which took impact yesterday till the top of the MCO interval, stipulates that any journey for causes allowed is restricted to a 10km-radius from the particular person’s residence.

    For these concerned in important providers, they need to show written permission from their employer if required by the authorities.

    “During the MCO period, just keep any of your utility bill in your vehicle and if the police ask you where do you want to go, just tell them that you are heading home or want to buy daily necessities by showing us the bill,” he told reporters right here right this moment.

    Mohd Ismail stated enforcement personnel would additionally present info on the rules to the general public every so often to make sure clean implementation of the MCO.

    Meanwhile, he stated the Selangor police would enhance the variety of roadblocks and shut extra roads every so often, particularly at entry and exits factors of highways to scale back interstate journey.

    On the Covid-19 an infection amongst Selangor police contingent workers, Mohd Ismail stated 42 officers and personnel had been positioned underneath self-quarantine, nonetheless no constructive Covid-19 instances being recorded thus far. — Bernama

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  • Muhyiddin inspects implementation operation of Prihatin package

    Muhyiddin inspects implementation operation of Prihatin package

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    PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) immediately visited the Economic Stimulus Implementation & Coordination Unit Between National Agencies (Laksana) on the Ministry of Finance right here to watch the implementation of the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Prihatin) introduced final Friday.

    Muhyiddin stated Laksana is accountable for making certain the initiatives price RM250 billion introduced beneath Prihatin package is effectively carried out.

    “I understand the allocation channels to register taxi drivers and tour guides would be carried out starting today.

    “I hope the registration and review process for Bantuan Prihatin Nasional (BPN) would proceed smoothly,” he stated.

    During the go to, Muhyiddin was briefed by the National Budget Office director cum Laksana unit head Johan Mahmood Merican on the operation of Prihatin implementation.

    Laksana was established on March 16 to watch the implementation of the Economic Stimulus Package 2020 (PRE).

    Laksana has been tasked with the preparation of periodic experiences on the standing of implementation and achievement of initiatives referring to PRE to the Economic Action Council chaired by the Prime Minister.

    Also current within the go to had been Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz; International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahri.

    Members of the general public can enquire about PRIHATIN with the Finance Ministry at 03-8882 9089, 03-8882 9087, 03-8882 9191, 03-8882 4565, 03-8882 4566 (workplace hours) or electronic mail to : bsh@treasury.gov.my pre2020@treasury.gov.my or telegram: PRE PRIHATIN or through Finance Ministry Facebook.

    The folks also can contact the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) at 1-800 882 747 or 03-8911 1000 for enquiries.

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