[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: M'sia hits almost 7k COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, FB set up special centre to monitor Israel-Gaza conflict content

AMONG the headlines for Thursday, 20 May, 2021, Malaysia's daily COVID-19 cases continue to surge, recording a new high of 6,806 cases in the last 24 hours.

The overall positive cases in the country soared to 492,302 infections recorded since the start of the pandemic.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reveals that Selangor remains top of the list logging a total of 2,277 cases.

This is followed by 655 cases in Kuala Lumpur and 615 cases in Johor.

Also, Facebook has set up a "special operations center" to monitor content on its platforms about the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The special operations center has 24-hour capabilities and includes native Arabic and Hebrew speakers to help Facebook identify content that violates its policies, as well as restore content that was removed in error.

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