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2 January 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia To Receive 1,286 Average Daily China Arrivals This Week

With 1,286 passengers on direct flights from China arriving in Malaysia every day on average this week, assuming half are infected, that amounts to 643 daily imported Covid-19 cases, adding 120% to Malaysia’s current reported caseload of 538 daily cases.

30 December 2022

Malaysia

No Border Closures Or Mandatory Covid Tests For China Travellers

Dr Zaliha Mustafa’s statement cites wastewater sampling from planes from China and the extension of an Act 342 regulation to June 30, 2023 that was initially scheduled to end Dec 31, 2022. This regulation was previously used for lockdowns, among others.

30 December 2022

Malaysia

Experts Don’t Recommend Closing Malaysia Borders To Travellers From China

Instead of closing borders to visitors from China, infectious disease experts Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Dr Christopher Lee stress masking and mRNA vaccine boosters. Dr Sanjay Rampal finds no evidence of changes in Covid disease severity based on global strains.

29 December 2022

Malaysia

MP Kelvin Yii Moots Covid Restrictions For Visitors From China

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii suggests requirements for visitors travelling from China to Malaysia: vaccination, RT-PCR test not more than 2 days before travel, RTK-Ag test on arrival, and 7-day quarantine in designated facilities for positive cases.

21 December 2022

World

IHME Projects 323,000 Total Covid Deaths In China By April 1

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation also predicts a Covid-19 death toll of over half a million in China by April 1, 2023, in a scenario without social distancing mandates.

22 November 2022

World

China’s Older People Risk Curtailing The Prosperity They Created

China’s economic and family planning policies of the 1970s ushered in a ‘golden age’ of growth. But as China ages, keeping it golden will be a challenge.

9 November 2022

World

China’s Vaccine Vision Turns Crisis To Opportunity

The Covid-19 outbreak could have decimated China’s reputation. Here's why it didn’t.

3 August 2022

World

Sponge Cities Beating Urban Heat In China

Infrastructure to prevent urban flooding has benefits for preventing urban heat.

26 July 2022

World

China’s Big Pharma Bet Could Change The IP Game

China’s muscling into the pharmaceutical industry, helping Big Pharma bite back against generics. But its global ambitions might turn the industry upside down.

3 June 2022

Malaysia

MP Expects MOH Facilities To Ration Medicines Amid Shortage

Charles Santiago believes public clinics and hospitals will reduce dispensing of drugs from three months’ worth to one month, then two weeks, forcing extra visits and travel costs for patients.

Tag: China

Malaysia To Receive 1,286 Average Daily China Arrivals This Week

No Border Closures Or Mandatory Covid Tests For China Travellers

Experts Don’t Recommend Closing Malaysia Borders To Travellers From China

MP Kelvin Yii Moots Covid Restrictions For Visitors From China

IHME Projects 323,000 Total Covid Deaths In China By April 1

China’s Older People Risk Curtailing The Prosperity They Created

China’s Vaccine Vision Turns Crisis To Opportunity

Sponge Cities Beating Urban Heat In China

China’s Big Pharma Bet Could Change The IP Game

MP Expects MOH Facilities To Ration Medicines Amid Shortage

Ex-UMMC Radiographer Plans To Sue, Seeks Other Staff With Cancer, Thyroid Problems

Second Red-Bellied Piranha Caught In Klau River: Group

Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

Philip Morris Visits Perlis Mufti, Touts ‘Safer’ Cigarettes

Are We Still Practising Family Medicine? — Concerned Specialist