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  • Govt assures enough food, agricultural supplies for all during MCO

    Govt assures enough food, agricultural supplies for all during MCO

    Govt assures enough food, agricultural supplies for all during MCO 1

    MALACCA: The authorities has assured enough provide of meals and agricultural produce during the Movement Control Order (MCO) as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic, stated Deputy Agriculture and Food Industries Minister I, Datuk Seri Ahmad Hamzah.

    He stated the federal government had applied numerous measures to make sure the nation’s meals and agricultural merchandise provide chain was not disrupted or damaged by making certain the supply vans might ship the products on time.

    “We have been working with the authorities, especially those involved in roadblocks throughout the MCO period to provide easy access to food delivery trucks so that supplies are available in the market.

    “Thus, there is no need to worry or resort to panic buying or food stocking at home,” he informed reporters after visiting gross sales centres for recent produce and managed objects, on the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) workplace right here at this time.

    Also current have been Fama director-general Datuk Zainal Abidin Yang Razalli; State Agriculture, Agro-based, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Committee chairman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee and Malacca Fama Director, Che Samudin Hassan.

    He stated they might make it possible for all agricultural, livestock and fishery merchandise, espeacially from personal farmers, livestock breeders and fishermen can be marketed to keep away from surpluses, along with enhancing the prevailing provide.

    Ahmad additionally introduced that to date 47 of the 97 gross sales centres for recent produce and managed objects have been opened nationwide, to allow individuals to buy meals supplies akin to greens, fruits, fish and groceries at inexpensive costs.

    He additionally praised Fama for making certain meals safety, particularly during the MCO, following the Covid-19 outbreak.

    Meanwhile, a buyer on the gross sales centre, Mohd Asri Alimin, 33, from Ayer Keroh stated the strategy utilized by the outlet could be very handy as a result of the Fama workers can be found to assist him to pick the products he wanted thereby saving time.

    “It’s easy and quick… I just need to fill out a form of what I need and in 10 minutes I’m ready to return home. There is no need to queue outside, thus reducing the risk of exposure to the Covid-19 virus,” he stated.

    A housewife from Durian Tunggal, Haslinah Rosli, 54, stated the costs of products bought on the outlet have been cheap whereas its fish and rooster have been recent.

    “I am satisfied with the available supply … for instance, onion is scarce in the supermarket, but here we can find everything,” she stated. — Bernama

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  • Chagas disease: providing free paediatric medicine can enhance diagnosis and treatment

    Documentation resulting in the donation of an important antiparasitic medicine for the treatment of Chagas illness to the World Health Organization (WHO) is within the ultimate stage of preparation.

    A 3-year settlement, between the Mundo Sano Foundation1 (Brazil) and WHO, is anticipated to make obtainable 108 000 tablets of the paediatric formulation of benznidazole2 – a first-line medicine towards Chagas illness. Treatment3 with benznidazole within the early levels of an infection can treatment Chagas illness.

    “Making benznidazole freely obtainable for the treatment of newborns till the age of 18 might be a game-changer within the battle towards Chagas illness” mentioned Dr Mwelece Ntuli Malecela, Director, WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical
    Diseases. “This is not going to solely save future generations from growing life-threatening and deadly issues however can even increase up diagnosis and treatment.”

    Each yr, an estimated 15 000 youngsters are born from contaminated moms. A freely obtainable paediatric presentation of benznidazole with correct dosage is essentially anticipated to contribute to deal with congenital infections.

    “Treating newborns and youngsters was the lacking hyperlink, as we transfer decisively to advocate for the mixing of diagnosis of an infection amongst pregnant ladies and women of child-bearing age into different surveillance programmes, together with HIV and syphilis” mentioned Dr Pedro Albajar Vinas, Medical Officer with WHO’s Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases.  “Diagnosing and treating ladies of this age group earlier than being pregnant can increase successfully stop congenital transmission.” 

    The settlement

    The donation by Mundo Sano Foundation at some point of the settlement includes benznidazole:

    • 105,000 tablets of 100mg
    • 3,000 tablets of 12.5mg

    Furthermore, the Foundation might donate funds of as much as US$100 000 at some point of the settlement to help actions related to distribution of medicines and conferences. The Foundation additionally makes provision for an extension of this settlement past
    the required length of three years.

    The illness

    Chagas illness, often known as American trypanosomiasis, is a doubtlessly life-threatening sickness brought on by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi).

    Although appreciable progress has been achieved, significantly in decreasing vector transmission and screening of blood and organ provide, reaching and diagnosing individuals most affected has been a problem.

    Currently, under-diagnosis of Chagas illness instances is as excessive as 90% and under-diagnosis of congenital transmission is believed to be even greater.

    Globally, an estimated 6-7 million individuals are contaminated with T. cruzi.

    The illness is discovered primarily in endemic areas of 21 continental Latin American international locations4. But motion of individuals to city areas and to different continents has expanded its transmission by means of non vectorial routes, akin to blood transfusion, congenital
    transmission, organ transplants and oral meals contamination.

    Considering the illness as a rising public well being drawback in lots of international locations, the World Health Assembly – WHO’s decision-making physique – determined in May 2019 to commemorate World Chagas Disease Day on 14 April.

    The inaugural celebration occurs this yr.

    1 Mundo Sano is a nonprofit worldwide basis working with the general public and personal sectors, academia, and different worldwide organizations to supply options to the affected communities and generate scientific information. In 2012, it led a public-private consortium in 2012 to provide benznidazole in Argentina.

    2 In 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted benznidazole for the treatment of kids aged 2–12, making it the primary treatment accepted within the United States for Chagas illness.

    3 Nifurtimox can be 100% efficient in curing Chagas illness if given quickly after onset of an infection, together with instances of congenital an infection. It is donated by Bayer who pledged greater than 7.5 million tablets for the interval 2012-2021.

    4 Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
    (Bolivarian Republic of).

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  • MOHE denies chartering aircraft to bring home Malaysian students in Egypt

    MOHE denies chartering aircraft to bring home Malaysian students in Egypt

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    KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) has denied claims which went viral on social media sites on the involvement of the Malaysian government in chartering a special flight to bring home Malaysian students in Egypt.

    According to MOHE, in a statement posted on Facebook today, the allegations also sparked panic among students and parents.

    “MOHE has been in touch with the Malaysian Embassy in Cairo (MEIC) and was informed that there is still no need to bring Malaysian students home at this time.

    “In this regard, MOHE has never appointed any private party as representative to bring the students home from Egypt and advised students and parents to obey the instructions issued by the Egyptian Government and related universities as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19,” he said.

    The statement said students with any problem could report to the MEIC or the Education Malaysia Egypt (EME).

    MOHE also advised students and parents to always ensure that the source of information received such as on evacuation or other matters was via the official announcement of Wisma Putra or MEIC to avoid any future inconvenience.

    “Any further detail could be obtained from +20 111 333 0857 or +20 106 042 9387,“ the statement said. – Bernama

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  • 43,462 clinical samples taken for testing so far: Health DG

    43,462 clinical samples taken for testing so far: Health DG

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    PUTRAJAYA: A total of 43,462 clinical samples have been taken for Covid-19 testing to date, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.

    Of those, 2,908 samples tested positive, 32,894 turned out negative while 7,660 samples are pending results, he said.

    Dr Noor Hisham said the MOH is capable of handling 11,500 tests daily, now that 48 of its laboratories are working together with those from public and private higher learning institutions, the Malaysia Genome Institute (MGI), Institute For Medical Research (IMR) and Malaysian Armed Forces hospitals.

    He said the MOH was also conducting tests on the rapid antigen test kits from South Korea, adding that if the accuracy level to locate Covid-19 is found to be high, the ministry will then order 200,000 units.

    Dr Noor Hisham said with those kits, clinical samples need not be sent for laboratory testing any longer.

    “Testing can be done at the clinics or hospitals and they would only require biosafety cabinets, so with these test kits from Korea, we would be able to obtain results much faster,” he said at the ministry’s Covid-19 daily briefing, here today. – Bernama

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  • Ogun Residents Reject Siting Of Coronavirus Isolation Centre In Community

    Ogun Residents Reject Siting Of Coronavirus Isolation Centre In Community

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    Residents of Obasanjo Hilltop GRA, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have rejected the proposed siting of an isolation centre in the area.

    The residents, in a letter to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated that siting an isolation centre in a residential area would put the health of the people under risk.

    Mr Fola Adeola, businessman, politician and founder of Fate Foundation, had donated his private residence and property in Abeokuta for use as isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.

    Apart from Adeola, ex-Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as other persons have donated facilities to the state government to use as isolation centres.

    The residents of Oke-Mosan stated that though they appreciated the kind gesture of Adeola, using the building as isolation centre would endanger their lives.

    The letter reads, “We are particularly alarmed as individuals and as a community that a non-resident owner of an abandoned property by name Mr Fola Adeola has purportedly donated his property in the estate to be converted to isolation centre for the purpose of victims of COVID-19.

    “The community is comprised of retired and aged residents and other vulnerable individuals whose health and well-being would be most negatively affected by the potential conversion or siting of isolation in the neighbourhood.

    “We wish to state categorically that this complaint is not and should not be seen as a deliberate step to discourage a most charitable disposition of the donor to public health issues and related social concerns.

    “It is essential to request that the facility be used or deployed for allied services such as storage and other non-hazardous uses.

    “It is in view of the foregoing that we most humbly appeal to Your Excellency to use your good office as the Executive Governor of Ogun State to cause immediate stoppage of the use of the facility as “COVID-19 isolation centre” due to potential health-related disaster that it might cause to vulnerable residents and generality of the community.”

    Nigeria currently has 111 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and two recorded deaths.

     

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  • Covid-19: Sarawak Yang Di-Pertua Negeri donates RM120,500 to HUS

    Covid-19: Sarawak Yang Di-Pertua Negeri donates RM120,500 to HUS

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    KUCHING: The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud (pix) donates various equipment and essential items, worth RM120,500 to the Sarawak General Hospital (HUS) today, to help in the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

    The contribution was handed over by his senior private secretary Datuk Mustapa Han to HUS director Dr Ngian Hie Ung and Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care department head Dr Teo Shu Ching, in a brief ceremony at the Yang di-Pertua Negeri’s office here.

    In a statement issued by Astana Negeri Sarawak, the donation included one unit of Portable Ultrasound Linear Probe, anti DVT equipment (5), fibre optic scope (2), and syringe pump (2) for the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU).

    The Governor also donated 700 food packs and mineral water to Sarawak Police Operations Room, to be distributed to police, Armed Forces a well as People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA) personnel who are carrying out roadblocks during Movement Control Order (MCO).

    He also urged Sarawakians to cooperate with the government by adhering to MCO, which was extended to April 14, to enable frontliners focus on their duties to curb the Covid-19 outbreak. –Bernama

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  • Covid-19: Chow Kit market remains busy, but with close monitoring

    Covid-19: Chow Kit market remains busy, but with close monitoring

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    KUALA LUMPUR: The implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) has not stopped people from visiting Chow Kit Wholesaler Market here although the authority has limited the number of visitors who can enter the market at a time.

    A check by Bernama found that customers start queueing up patiently lining-up in very early in the morning while monitored by the police.

    Dang Wangi district police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan Abdullah said as of 10am today, about 700 visitors had already lined up to enter the market, which was allowed to operate from 6am until 1pm.

    The police divided them accordingly into groups of between 30 and 40 and gave them 20 minutes to enter the market to buy essential goods.

    “Customers need to register their names and undergo body temperature screening before they can enter the market. This is to ensure that they complied with the MCO,” he told reporters after monitoring the MCO implementation at the market today.

    He said the police also set-up a special lane for the elderlies.

    However, he regretted that some visitors did not practice one-meter social distancing or were not wearing face masks.

    Mohd Fahmi Visuvanathan also reminded the people not to visit Chow Kit Market after 1pm.

    “Action will be taken to those who refuse to comply,” he said.

    To date, no arrests have been made by the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters in relation to MCO implementation.

    Meanwhile, several customers at the market described the entry limit as a good measure to break the Covid-19 infection chain.

    A homemaker Aminah Abdullah, 44, said the 20-minute limit to buy necessities would be sufficient if the customers made initial preparations by listing the items to be purchased.

    “I’m a regular customer in this market … so when I came to the market, I already know my way to the items I need,” she said.

    A civil servant, known as Amir, said he visited the market to buy necessities for his family.

    “I came to buy goods in large quantities for my family because I need to go to Johor afterwards. My wife and children stay in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

    A worker in a private sector, Abdullah Sidek, 44, said as the head of his family he is taking over the task of buying groceries from his wife during the MCO period.

    “I didn’t encounter problems because my wife had prepared a good list of items she needed, everything is in this market,” he said. — Bernama

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  • UBA Donates N5bn To Support Coronavirus Fight In Africa

    UBA Donates N5bn To Support Coronavirus Fight In Africa

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    The United Bank for Africa Plc on Thursday announced a donation of N5bn ($14m) through the UBA Foundation to support the fight against Coronavirus.

    The donation will provide significant and much needed support to Nigeria and 19 other African countries by supplying relief materials, critical care facilities, and financial support to governments, according to the bank.

    The donation will be allocated as follows: N1bn to Lagos State Government, N500m to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, N1bn to the remaining 35 states in Nigeria, N1.5bn to UBA’s presence countries in Africa, N1bn for medical centres with equipment and supplies free telemedicine call centre facility.

    The bank revealed that it will fund a medical centre immediately in Lagos with beds for isolation and ICU facilities, managed and operated in partnership with Heirs Holdings’ healthcare subsidiary, Avon Medical Hospital.

    UBA Group Chairman, Tony Elumelu, said, “This is a time when we must all play our part. This global pandemic must bring citizens, governments and business leaders together – and quickly.

    “As we see a rapidly increasing number of cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria and Africa, the private sector has to work hand in hand with various governments in stemming the spread of the global pandemic.

    “We commend the efforts of governments and we are keen to partner and contribute our resources to the collective effort that will ensure the response to the pandemic is swift and effective.”

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  • Country’s clinical waste increases by 17% since Covid-19

    Country’s clinical waste increases by 17% since Covid-19

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    PUTRAJAYA: Clinical waste at various medical facilities has increased by 17% since early February, in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, said Environment Minister Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (pix).

    He said the Department of Environment (DOE) had a comprehensive clinical waste management system (SW404 scheduled waste) in which all clinical waste is separated first at hospitals and clinics, before being collected and transported by special vehicles for disposal in 12 incinerators nationwide.

    At the moment, Tuan Ibrahim said, seven companies were licensed by the DOE to manage clinical waste from medical facilities (hospitals, clinics and medical institutions) – this comprises the collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of such waste.

    “Clinical waste management is controlled to ensure the waste is properly managed and does not cause harm to public health,” he said in a statement, here today.

    Tuan Ibrahim said all treatment and disposal facilities of the seven companies were licensed under section 18 of the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and were subject to strict conditions stipulated in the DOE licence compliance schedule.

    The companies are Radicare Sdn Bhd, Edgenta Mediserve Sdn Bhd, Medivest Sdn Bhd, Sedafiat Sdn Bhd and One Medicare Sdn Bhd, which are concessionaires appointed by the government through the Health Ministry to manage clinical waste from public medical facilities, while Kualiti Alam Sdn Bhd and Future NRG Sdn Bhd manage all clinical waste from private hospitals and clinics.

    “Treatment and disposal facilities are essential services that are allowed to operate during the imposition of the Movement Control Order,” he explained, adding that the illegal management and disposal of scheduled waste including clinical waste without a licence, was an offence under Section 34B of the Environmental Quality Act, which carries a penalty of a maximum of five years in jail and a fine of not more than RM500,000. – Bernama

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