PETALING JAYA: Three years after the first Covid-19 case in Malaysia was detected, the country is in a far better place than it was at the beginning of the pandemic.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has been appointed chair of a new World Health Organization (WHO) standing committee on pandemic response.
The World Health Organization's governing board agreed on Monday to form a new committee to help speed up its response to health emergencies like COVID-19. The U.N. Health Agency faced criticism for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the pace of its response to early cases that may have delayed detection and helped the…