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Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says the new RM10,000 compound for breaching the MCO is to ensure public safety. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 14, 2021.
THE RM10,000 compound under the Emergency (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases) (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 applies to all categories of movement control order (MCO), said Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
According to the minister, this means that those in MCO, conditional MCO and recovery MCO areas could be issued a compound of RM10,000 if they violated standard operating procedures (SOP).
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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The first batch of the CoronaVac vaccine has arrived in Malaysia, with the vaccine expected to be processed into more than 300,000 doses.
Developed by Sinovac Life Sciences Co, the vaccines had journeyed from the plant in Beijing, China, and have arrived in bulk totalling 200 litres.
The vaccines touched down at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 9am on Saturday (Feb 27) on flight MH319 which was operated by MASKargo.
The batch of vaccines was flown in on an Airbus 300 passenger-to-cargo flight, and will be taken to the Pharmaniaga manufacturing facility where it will be bottled.
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Muhyiddin Yassin’s government shouldn’t politicize the country’s health system, medical groups said after Malaysia this week declared a national emergency, which much of the opposition criticized as a move to cling to power rather than contain a worsening coronavirus pandemic.
The government should use the sweeping powers granted it under the emergency responsibly and prepare a collaborative COVID-19 response focused on the people’s welfare, the Malaysian Health Coalition (MHC) and the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) said.
Meanwhile, some doctors and analysts interviewed by BenarNews said that an emergency declaration was needed for political stability during the pandemic, especially when Muhyiddin’s coalition had just lost the support of a parliamentary majority and may have faced imminent elections.