KOTA KINABALU: A 25-week pregnant woman suffered a miscarriage, while her husband was injured, when the boat they were in was involved in two collisions in the waters off Semporna town.
Two foreigners are among six suspects who have been arrested in connection with rioting by a group of people armed with sharp weapons at the floating settlement in Kampung Kurnia Jaya Batu 4, here, on Sunday
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THE country’s genome sequencing capacity will be further bolstered starting August, as the viral variants of concern (VOC) pose a threat to Malaysia’s recovery efforts.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said a consortium comprising several institutions would receive a RM3mil allocation to boost the country’s capacity in carrying out genome sequencing of Covid-19 samples.
The consortium, he said, would aim to sequence 3,000 samples in three months.
“We are doing this so that the portion of samples that are carried out for genome sequencing will exceed 1% of all positive cases,” he told the House in his Covid-19 briefing.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases remain above the 2,000 mark, with more than half of the infections recorded in Selangor and Sarawak.
In his daily Covid-19 updates, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said there were 2,847 new cases in the country, bringing the cumulative total to 387,535.
“Selangor recorded the highest daily figure with 748 cases or 26.3% of the country’s cases.
“At least 80.5% of the cases in the state were uncovered from clusters and contact tracing activities.
“This is followed by Sarawak with 717 cases or 25.2%, and Kelantan with 476 cases (16.7%), ” said Dr Noor Hisham.
Other places recording three digits in their daily figure were Kuala Lumpur (302), Johor (130 new cases) and Negri Sembilan (105)