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The authorities are launching more rounds of mass testing and closing venues to contain the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Despite a steady fall in infections that saw just 27 new cases reported on Sunday, authorities said the city's more than 600,000 residents must stay home.

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste.

China's capital Beijing swiftly expanded its COVID-19 mass testing from one district this week to most of the city of nearly 22 million.

Mass testing of all residents, prompting fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown after dozens of COVID-19 cases reported.

Carrie Lam calls for calm after residents emptied supermarkets, stocking up on produce ahead of reports of compulsory mass COVID-19 testing.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam renewed an appeal for support from the global financial hub's 7.5 million people.

WHO announces major international trials of three drugs to find out whether they improve the condition of hospitalised COVID-19 patients.

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An unusually wide series of COVID-19 outbreaks reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019.

Repeat clusters show that simply trusting industries and people (and even politicians) to manage and self-enforce SOPs are not reliable.

It said mass testing found 67 cases in Pathum Thani, 11 in Samut Sakhon, seven in Tak, three in Rayong and one in Nonthaburi.

Fears of a fresh wave of infections hit Melbourne, after a new COVID-19 cluster linked to a quarantine hotel grew to eight cases.

About 3,200 people were tested this week, and that the 31 infections caused by viral variants were discovered among hotel employees.

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Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.