Covid-19 toll hits 100-mark as recoveries continue

PUTRAJAYA: One new virus-related death brought the country’s Covid-19 toll to 100 today. However, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said recoveries continue to outnumber new cases, with 75 discharged over the past 24 hours versus 31 more infections recorded. This brings total recoveries to 4,032, or 69% of total cases which now stand at […]

UK says some children have died from syndrome linked to Covid-19

A woman adjusts her child’s protective mask as they wait in line to be screened for Covid-19 in New York. (AP pic) LONDON: Some children in the United Kingdom with no underlying health conditions have died from a rare inflammatory syndrome which researchers believe to be linked to Covid-19, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on […]