Published on: Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Kuala Lumpur: Is it reasonable to impose a compound as high as RM50,000 for standard operating procedure (SOP) violations, when many are still struggling due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic?
The question is raised by netizens, who disagreed with the actions taken by the Kelantan police against several small traders in the state.
For them the actions were extreme, inappropriate and lack of empathy, because such heavy compound fines were issued to the common people who were only operating small-scale businesses.
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Their dissatisfaction mounted on Tuesday when celebrity and entrepreneur Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor or Neelofa and her family were slapped with a total compound of RM60,000 for failing to comply with the SOP during her wedding ceremony and breaching regulations on the interstate travel.
Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 12:56 PM MYT
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali delivers his speech during launch of phase three of the Health Ministry’s smoking cessation programme, mQuit in Putrajaya April 28, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 The Ministry of Health (MoH) has found that smokers were twice as likely as non-smokers to develop complications with Covid-19 infections.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the possible complications were liver damage, kidney damage and acute respiratory syndrome.
“Comparisons that have been made between smokers and non -smokers show that smokers are almost twice as likely to have the complications that have been mentioned compared to non -smokers,” he told reporters while launching phase three of the ministry’s smoking cessation programme, mQuit.
28 Apr 2021 / 15:48 H. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: Smokers who contract Covid-19 are at risk of developing severe complications such as liver and kidney failure as well as acute respiratory distress syndrome, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.
He said the data was obtained through a study by the Ministry of Health (MOH) involving 5,889 Covid-19 patients treated nationwide from Feb 1 to May 31, 2020.
Of the 5,889 patients, 791 were smokers (773 men and 18 women) with the majority aged 30 and above, he said.
“The findings show that smokers are almost twice as likely to develop severe complications than non-smokers,“ he told a press conference here today.
PETALING JAYA: A recently launched online petition to appeal to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to call an end to the Emergency, which was imposed on Jan 11.
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