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By Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia s king started a series of meetings with leaders of political parties on Wednesday, amid public discontent over the government s handling of a coronavirus crisis that has forced the nation into a third lockdown. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin s administration imposed strict COVID-19 measures from June 1-14 to address a surge in infections and deaths, on top of an ongoing national emergency to curb the spread of the disease. But those have led to public frustration over a perceived slow rollout of vaccinations, haphazard policymaking and uneven enforcement of coronavirus curbs that critics say royalty and elites have been allowed to skirt. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who spent an hour on Wednesday with King Al-Sultan Abdullah, said the national emergency has done more harm than good. We presented our view that allowing this emergency to continue will lead to losses to the country, Anwar told reporters. It does not help with the h
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Salmonella detections in aborted cattle foetuses increased in Q4 2020, breaking a trend of decreasing incidence of the agent for the past decade. \ Philip Doyle
The quarterly report released by the regional veterinary laboratories (RVLs) gives an overview of animal disease trends over October, November and December of 2020.
An overall increase in the number of carcases submitted for examination can be attributed to a rise in avian carcasses examined over the period.
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The substantial increase in the number of cattle foetuses submitted for examination was partly accounted for in a department bovine abortion study, which encouraged veterinarians to send foetuses to the RVLs.