[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia's new COVID-19 cases rise to 5,755, New Zealand closed to foreigners for another five months

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said via his Twitter account that there have been 2,602,835 cases in the country since the pandemic began last year.

Also, New Zealand said it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another five months, as it slowly relaxes some of the world's toughest pandemic border restrictions.

New Zealand's COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said New Zealanders stranded in Australia could return home from mid-January and Kiwis travelling from elsewhere would be allowed in a month later.

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