PONTIAN: The number of those who have registered for the Covid-19 vaccination is still low in this district, with only 32% signing up for the immunisation.
Published on: Monday, March 01, 2021
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has detected seven new Covid-19 clusters in the past 24 hours, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.
In a statement, Noor Hisham said five were related to the workplace, and one each linked to the community and high-risk group.
Three clusters were detected in Johor, two in Selangor and one each in Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan.
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Clusters that recorded the highest spike in cases today are the Jalan Kempas Tiga (334), Industri Sungai Gadut (128) and Tembok Tapah (80).
The seven new clusters are:
Selangor
- Desa Empat – a workplace cluster in Kuala Selangor. The first few cases tested positive on Feb 24 after a targeted screening of employees at a supermarket in Desa Coalfields, Sungai Buloh. A total of 28 people have been screened with 18 found positive.
One of the many dogs rescued by HOPE in Pekan Nenas, Johor.
THE financial constraints as a result of almost a year of braving the Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with restrictions under the various stages of the movement control order, have driven more pet owners to abandon their furry companions.
Checks with several animal welfare non-governmental organisation (NGOs) in Johor revealed that the number of cats and dogs left on the streets by their owners increased in 2020 compared to previous years.
Johor Baru Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) chairperson Jacqueline Gomez said the number of cases they received related to abandoned pets tripled in 2020 compared to previous years.
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KUALA
LUMPUR: Chinese New Year celebrations including prayer ceremonies are only allowed to be held at home with family members, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said prayers at temples were also not allowed, except for five of the temple’s committee members and people were encouraged to perform the ceremony at their respective homes.
“This standard operating procedure (SOP) was complied with during Hari Raya Aidilfitri, as well as Deepavali. However, for Sarawak we leave it to the state government to decide because there is the Movement Control Order (MCO), there is the Conditional MCO (CMCO),” he told a press conference on the development of the MCO, today.