1. Pharmaniaga plans to import 10mil more doses of the Sinovac vaccine on fears of supply shortages, as the WHO is expected to grant approval for it.
The group adds, it can supply a cumulative 8.6mil finished doses from China and filled doses from its facility up to end June.
2. Pharmaniaga also assures that it is on track to fulfill its vaccine supply to the Federal Government.
The company also says, it will only look into state and private sector procurement requests after fulfilling the government's order in June or July.
3. Pharmaniaga also stresses that anyone seeking to buy or donate Sinovac vaccines in the country, must first go through them as a product registration holder, to verify the authenticity of the vials.
This comes amid offers to donate Sinovac vaccines to Putrajaya and Penang.
4. Pharmaniaga has also decided to lodge police reports against allegations about the group's procurement and fill-and-finish process of the Sinovac vaccine, which circulated online.
It clarifies that the 10-week gap in delivering the doses, was due to regulatory NPRA processes.
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1. Annamah Abukutty has been recognized as the "Oldest Living Woman in Malaysia", following her 110th birthday on March 31. She held the record since last year.
Her son M. Subramanian, 73, says his mother's secret to longevity included consuming her homegrown herbs and fasting.
2. "My mum used to fast every Monday to remove toxins from her body. She also meditates."
"She was still able to walk by herself 5 years ago, washed her own clothes and do other chores," her son says.
Annamah still converses well in Tamil and Malay with a great sense of humour.
3. Subramanian adds that patients and villagers around his mother's current residence in Batu Gajah, Perak have been visiting her to seek health advice.
Apart from herbal medicine, people used to seek Annamah's services in midwifery, reflexology and tattooing.
1. Visitors to a new zoo in Sichuan, China were left confused after seeing a golden retriever in a cage meant for an African lion.
A video taken by a visitor named Tang showed the dog wearing a harness within the enclosure, despite a sign indicating that a lion was inside.
2. An employee of the zoo told Tang that the cage had housed a lion in the past, but the animal had been moved to another location, adding that the sign was not changed in time.
The zoo was also in the midst of rearranging some of the animals' accommodations.
3. Tang also accused the zoo of false advertising and wrongly promoting the availability of lions, saying he found no lions anywhere else in the zoo.
"What's disappointing is that I don't know how to explain this to my kids," he reportedly said.
1. Police have opened 12 investigation papers over Covid-19 SOPs violations by VIPs since the MCO was first enforced.
Bukit Aman CID says 2 of the cases have been classified as No Further Action, after finding the VIPs concerned complied with the SOPs or were on official duty.
2. CID director Huzir Mohamed says 3 other cases are still under investigation, while the rest were slapped with compounds, which were subsequently paid.
He also says police are still investigating reports, including on a cycling event involving KPKT Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin.
3. Other cases under investigation include a recent visit by Senior Minister Ismail Sabri to the Sendayan Air Force camp, and the wedding of Jelebu MP Jalaluddin Alias' daughter at a Seremban hotel.
Huzir says PDRM will act accordingly if there was a clear violation of the SOPs.
1. "And I will try to fix you" comes to mind after UK band Coldplay announced its sponsorship of a watercraft that will remove plastic waste from Malaysian rivers daily.
The Interceptor 005 is designed to tackle 1,000 world's most polluted rivers, including the yellow ones.
2. Coldplay raised a warning sign that if we don't panic now and fail to take action, there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050.
The band said with time running out on the clocks, the interceptor will catch tonnes of waste before they get swallowed in the sea.
3. Malaysia is the first to receive the Interceptor 005, designed by The Ocean Cleanup. It's now under construction in Klang & expected to be operational in mid-2021.
It's the second interceptor to be deployed here. The first one was received in 2019 & placed in the Klang River.
Putrajaya has reportedly agreed to implement an emergency to tackle the worsening Covid-19 situation, after a Cabinet meeting this morning.
Reports say Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin sought an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to obtain his consent on the matter
A source told the Star, only political activities would be affected by the emergency, while economic activities will go on as usual and there will be no curfews
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyidddin Yassin arrived at the Istana Abdulaziz in Kuantan around 4.40pm for an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Also spotted was the official vehicle of Chief of Defence Force General Tan Sri Affendi Buang
Sarawak will bar Malaysians and non-citizens in Sabah and Labuan from entering the state between October 4 and October 18.
Only Sarawakians in Sabah and Labuan will be allowed to return but must apply through the online Enter Sarawak app and fill in an e-health declaration form.
Sarawakians coming from Sabah and Labuan will need to undergo a 14-day quarantine at quarantine centres and get tested on the 2nd & 10th day.
The state government will cover the costs of the quarantine and tests for Sarawakians including those coming from the Peninsular.
Sarawakians and non-Sarawakians coming from the Peninsular must also apply through the Enter Sarawak app and fill in a e-health declaration form, as well as undergo quarantine and tests.
Non-Sarawakians will have to pay for the costs of the quarantine and tests themselves.