BANGKOK-With less than 10 per cent of its population of more than 70 million fully vaccinatedand a

KUALA LUMPUR-Travellers entering Malaysia through the Johor international gateway must submit an application to undergo mandatory quarantine at their home or another residence at least seven days prior to their arrival, Bernama reported on Sunday( Aug 29). Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said travellers would also need to undergo a screening test using the Covid-19 reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction( RT-PCR) test no later than three days before departure, a

SINGAPORE-Singapore will start a pilot programme for mildly ill Covid-19 patients to recover at home from Aug 30, as part of its gradual shift towards living with the disease. People will qualify for the home isolation scheme if they have mild or no symptoms and can be isolated from the rest of the household, said the Ministry of Health( MOH) on Thursday( Aug 19). However, such patients and their household members must meet certain stringent conditions. For instance, everyone in the home must be

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" Some of the key drivers of the current price spike are of course due to a cold winter last year and wider international events that are driving demand.... " The growing cost-of-living crisis is leaving families across our country worse off.... People deserve prosperity, security and respect." But what does the Chancellor give them?...