[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Slight rise in Malaysias COVID-19 cases, NZ Health system is ready for assisted-dying law

AMONG the headlines for Wednesday, October 13, 2021, Malaysia’s new COVID-19 cases rose to 7,950 today, a slight increase from yesterday’s numbers, which stood at 7,276.

In a tweet, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the overall total of COVID-19 cases in the country now stood at 2,361,529 since the pandemic started.

Earlier today, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that about 90.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday.

Also, New Zealand’s Health Minister Andrew Little said that the country's health system is ready to implement the End of Life Choice Act, making assisted dying legal in New Zealand.

Little said the government had appointed a three-person specialist committee to oversee the operation of the act. The End of Life Review Committee members includes a medical ethicist, a doctor specializing in end-of-life care, and a health practitioner.

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