[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia records 2,017 new COVID-19 cases, Russia sends 900 Mariupol fighters to prison camp

AMONG the headlines for Thursday, May 19, 2022, Malaysia reports a total of 2,017 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.

The country currently has 29,971 active cases.

Seven people have died from the disease yesterday.

Meanwhile, a total of 2,548 patients have recovered from the virus, in the latest report.

Also, nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who held out inside the Azovstal steel works plant had surrendered after being ordered by their military to abandon the last stronghold of resistance.

Russia says it has sent the Ukrainian soldiers to a former prison colony in a Russia-controlled part of Donetsk.

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