President of the Malaysian Association of Public Health Physicians Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar: Any vaccine must have undergone a series of clinical test, especially in developed countries. To say that those receiving the vaccine are merely lab rats is not true.

Immigration Department director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said personnel faced risks of being exposed to the virus, because as part of frontliners, they are in close contact with foreigners and illegal immigrants, whose health conditions are unknown.

The suspect also claimed that he would attack the Bukit Aman Police Headquarters and the Ministry of Defence.

The SC has now given UEM Sunrise until Jan 31 next year to make its announcement on the matter, the group said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday.

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah about 6,603 people living in the area have been screened so far, with 5,056 positive cases detected since the cluster was announced by the Ministry of Health on Nov 7.

Selangor, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, contributed 891 or 60.5% of the new infections.

Man left Miri hotel on Nov 20 for about six hours, on Nov 21 for about three hours and Nov 22 when he walked out at night while under quarantine

The ministry assured that “its data privacy followed global standards, as well as being in line with the Medical Act 1971, Infectious Disease Act 1988, and Personal Data Protection Act 2010”.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said the wife of the victim who was at the scene during the incident recognised the suspect making it easy for the police to detain him.

Gardenia Bakeries Sdn Bhd (GBKL) in a statement yesterday said the increase was due to rising prices of raw materials such as vegetable fat, cocoa powder and milk as well as packaging cost.