Residents of Malaysia were recently given a week’s notice of the opening of the country’s first domestic travel bubble, which is allowing tourists back to the archipelago of Langkawi amid the coronavirus pandemic. To take advantage of the opportunity, travellers over 18 would need to be fully vaccinated (in Malaysia, that means having received a second vaccine dose at least.
Daily Sun reporter wins int’l award
Staff Correspondent
12th December, 2020 09:18:21
Jannatul Islam of the Daily Sun received an international award from Malaysia’s state-run Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) for contributing internationally on the issue of telemedicine amid corona pandemic.
As part of its award programme, MHTC recognised journalists, editors, producers, and media organizations for contributions in respective fields locally and internationally.
MHTC announced the awards at a grand finale held virtually on Thursday where participants and officials shared thoughts through video conferencing.
Jannatul Islam ran a report titled ‘Telemedicine empowers Malaysia-Bangladesh medical tourism’, which was named as the best print media report in the international category.