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Covid-19

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More contagious, less severe: What we know about Omicron

Omicron has already overtaken Delta as the dominant strain in Denmark and the UK, and is likely to become dominant in other countries soon

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Omicron hospitalisation rate about 70% lower: UK Health Security Agency 

Individual infected with variant is estimated to be between 31% and 45% less likely to attend A&E

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Traumatised by policy changes, expatriates feel less at ‘home’ as year closes

Earlier survey ranked Malaysia as 4th-best country for foreigners to reside

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Covid-19 incidence among unvaxxed over 3 times higher than in those jabbed: DG

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah suggests Pfizer recipients least likely to be infected

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Longhouse folk prohibited from holding Xmas get-togethers

No common gatherings along corridors as Covid-19 fears remain, instructs indigenous rights group

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Omicron threatens tech’s big return to in-person mega conference

Major firms Meta, Amazon, T-Mobile, Twitter cancel appearances

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US FDA authorises Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill as Omicron surges

Clinical trial found risk of hospitalisations, deaths among at-risk patients reduced by 88%

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Post-discovery of 361 Covid-19 infections, flood relief centres see zero cases today

Meanwhile, 3,519 caseload logged nationwide

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Poverty, flood relief must be equally multidimensional – Nurul Izzah Anwar

MP notes only empathetic, comprehensive, realistic recovery plans able to safeguard well-being of rakyat

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Israelis over 60, medics to get 4th Covid-19 jab: PM

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett instructs Health Ministry to prepare widespread vaccination operation

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Finland to shut bars early in Christmas Covid-19 drive

Govt to prepare compensation package as businesses will have to close at 9pm

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Over 3.3 mil people died from Covid-19 this year: WHO chief

More than HIV, malaria, tuberculosis combined in 2020

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86 Covid-19 cases in flood relief centres today, 3,140 across nation: health DG

Infections occurred before victims' arrival at evacuation hubs, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah