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On Malaysia's delay in getting the COVID-19 vaccine compared with some countries such as Singapore and Canada, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the country's financial position was not on par with other developed countries.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: So we will try our best to carry out the processes that have been identified so that we can reduce the time for us to conditionally register the vaccine within a period of less than 90 days.

The Human Resources Ministry said the enforcement is under the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).

The source said the project will now see the line stretching from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru, as opposed to the previous plan to link the capitals of both countries — one of the busiest flight routes in the world.

Selangor, contributed 535 new cases today, and topped the list of states with the most daily cases for the eighth straight day

The income distribution for the year is lower than last year's total distribution of 5.5 sen per unit, comprising a five sen distribution and a half-a-sen bonus. It is also the lowest distribution in ASB’s 30-year history.

Virology expert and director of Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, University of Malaya Prof Dr Sazaly Abu Bakar: This is because the vaccine is effective in preventing the individual from experiencing a more serious effect of the infection but that does not mean that the person cannot be a carrier of the virus.

State Health director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu said four factories were also fined RM1,000 each for flouting the SOPs, including failing to conduct sanitisation operations, and not practising physical distancing at the workplace.

Tokyo and seven prefectures -- Hokkaido, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi, Osaka and Hyogo -- all with large populations, accounted for around 80 per cent of the reported deaths in December as of Monday.