PETALING JAYA: Amazing as it sounds, young and healthy people are more susceptible to side effects of the Covid-19 vaccine than their elderly parents .
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PETALING JAYA: With new variants of Covid-19 infections in the country, much of what is known about the symptoms has been thrown to the wind.
To further compound the issue, the new variants are highly virulent and more deadly.
For instance, the loss of taste and smell have been commonly associated with Covid-19 infections, but these symptoms show up less frequently in those who have been infected with the variant from the UK, known scientifically as the B.117.
On the other hand, according to virologist Dr Sandy Loh from University of Nottingham Malaysia, those with the UK variant are more likely to cough, have a sore throat, myalgia or muscle aches as well as fatigue.
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Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Benjamin Barton, assistant professor in the School of Politics, History and International Relations at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, is the 272nd in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.”
Explain China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the context of EU-China security cooperation.
EU-China security cooperation has largely remained rhetorical in form, despite sporadic instances of actual practical cooperation/coordination. The BRI could potentially unlock further avenues for bilateral security cooperation given the high stakes of security risks which could derail its progress and also the fact that its land and maritime routes traverse regions where the EU shares overlapping security concerns with China. There is a sense that even if