KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will not shut down its economic and industrial activities even if new COVID-19 cases spike, Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali has said. Previous lockdowns had caused 826,000 people to lose jobs in the first t...
Covid-19 lockdowns have improved the ambient air quality across the world via reduced air pollutant levels. This article aims to investigate the effect of the partial lockdown on the main ambient air pollutants and their elemental concentrations bound to PM2.5 in Hanoi. In addition to the PM...
on the first day of full re-opening of borders between Singapore and Malaysia. Malaysia opened its borders to international travel on Friday, ending restrictions that have been in place since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua) ...
Siva has experienced first-hand the emotional and financial challenges of caring for a child with a disease with no cure. Swathi, now three, receives weekly enzyme replacement therapy, as well as supportive treatment through physical and speech therapy. “My daughter has a condition which will pr...
How the Covid-19 virus is reshaping travel and how hotels and airlines in Asia are responding. As the WHO declared a pandemic, countries had sealed their borders with USA issuing a Level 4 'do not travel' advisory, India extending its curfew till 18 May, Manila in lockdown till 31 May...
After the declaration of the global pandemic, many AI experts have been tried to find how can be used Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a powerful tool in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. AI Technology, which includes Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Compu...
Tourism industry players in Malaysia are calling on authorities to impose a full lockdown, similar to the movement control order (MCO) 1.0 last year, so as to flatten the Covid-19 curve as quickly as possible. They shared that the government’s efforts to tighten travel and mobility...
The demographics of the overall participants, the region of origin, and the descriptive responses to the survey questions on COVID-19 vaccination intention, vaccine characteristics influencing acceptance, and first and second choice of vaccine characteristics influencing a COVID-19 vaccine choice are ...
Migrant laborers wait to take a special train to their homes during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Jalandhar of India's northern state of Punjab, May 5, 2020. (Str/Xinhua) NEW DELHI -- India's total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases crossed the 50,00...
As of Sunday morning, a total of five deaths related to COVID-19 have been confirmed, GHS added. As the COVID-19 cases on the rise, Ghana is scheduled to impose a partial lockdown in worst-hit regions including Accra and Kumasi from next Monday. ...