Published on: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
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Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Community Development and People’s Wellbeing Ministry has begun helping the people, especially senior citizens, to register for Covid-19 vaccination.
Its Minister Shahelmy Yahya
(pic) said the agencies currently involved in the registration aid were the Public Welfare Services Department (JPKA); Women Affairs Department (JHEWA); and Sabah Community Services Council (MPMS).
“Our JPKA has started to assist the registration for senior citizens at old folks’ homes.
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“Two more of our agencies - JHEWA and MPMS - are also helping to assist their respective target groups to register for the vaccination with the MySejahtera application,” he told NST when contacted.
JOHOR BARU: A 26-year-old man was killed after his car crashed into a road sign at KM 10 North-South Expressway here.
Johor Baru North OCPD Asst Comm Rupeah Abd Wahid said that the incident occurred at about 2.28am on Tuesday (March 9).
“The victim was driving a grey car and is believed to have lost control of his vehicle before crashing into the road sign at the left side of the road.
“The victim was pinned inside his vehicle and suffered a serious injury to the head. He was pronounced dead at the location by the medical team, ” she said in a statement here.
Friday, 05 Mar 2021 07:00 AM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Health minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba speaks to a reporter during an interview session with Malay Mail at the Ministry of Health in Putrajaya, March 4, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said investigations on alleged queue-cutting for Covid-19 vaccines have yielded no evidence that any such incident occurred in the country.
Speaking to
Malay Mail, Dr Adham insisted that vaccines have so far only been administered to those who were due to get them.
MoI celebrates World Civil Defence Day
05 Mar 2021 - 11:09
QNA
The Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Civil Defence, celebrated the World Civil Defence Day, that falls on March 1 of each year. The celebration of this event aims to emphasise the efforts of the civil defense personnel in protecting property and lives, strengthening the means of prevention the foundations of public safety and its reflection on the national economy. On this occasion, Director General of the General Directorate of Civil Defence Brigadier General Hamad Othman Al Dehaimi, said that the member states of the International Civil Defence Organisation have been celebrating the World Civil Defense Day on the first of March every year, in appreciation of the great efforts made by the civil defense agencies to maintain security and safety.
Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 09:37 PM MYT
Liver donor Wan Mohd Hafizam Wan Ismail was seen escorting Mohd Afiq Ikmal Muhammad Zaini’s remains from the hospital and assisted in the burial process in Tikam Batu, Kedah, March 2, 2021. Bernama pic
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SUNGAI PETANI, March 2 Malaysia’s first liver recipient, Mohd Afiq Ikmal Muhammad Zaini, 23, who died of liver complications this morning was laid to rest at the Al-Barakah Mosque Muslim Cemetery in Kampung Masjid Tikam Batu here at 5.40pm.
The remains of Mohd Afiq Ikmal, who died at the Selayang Hospital at 5.30am today, arrived at his grandparents’ house in Tikam Batu at 3.30pm.