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How to procure during outbreaks
PROCUREMENT processes during outbreaks must be different than during “peacetime”. What are features of crisis procurement and how can Malaysia do better?
Cops seize over 11kg of drugs at China-Myanmar border
KUNMING: Two suspects were captured with over 11kg of drugs seized from a recent drug trafficking case in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said on Saturday (April 4).
WHO opens door to broader use of masks to limit spread of coronavirus
GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Friday said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers, but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
Health DG Dr Noor Hisham joins coalition of global scientists fighting Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has joined a coalition of global scientists combating the Covid-19 pandemic in resource-poor settings.
France races to boost supplies of critical medications
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is racing to try to ensure it can produce or procure itself certain medications as stocks run low due to the coronavirus outbreak, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Thursday.
Man teaching dog how to drive arrested after high-speed chase
WASHINGTON, US (AFP): A resident of Washington, United States was arrested following a high-speed chase that left officers dumbfounded after they found the man’s pit bull behind the wheel.
Exclusive: Opioid supply crunch for U.S. coronavirus patients prompts appeal to relax limits
(Reuters) - U.S. doctors running out of narcotics needed for COVID-19 patients on ventilators are asking the federal government to raise production limits for drugmakers, according to a letter seen by Reuters, after national quotas had been tightened to address the opioid addiction crisis.
Duterte: Shoot them dead
President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated.
EU will avoid medicine shortage, industry chief says
PARIS (Reuters) - European Union countries will have access to the medicines they need to care for coronavirus sufferers, the bloc's industry chief Thierry Breton said on Thursday, adding pharmaceutical companies were doubling production to address shortages.
Covid-19: African governments team up with tech giants to fight coronavirus lies
Governments across Africa are teaming up with technology giants including Facebook and WhatsApp to fight misinformation about coronavirus on social media platforms that could propel the pandemic on a continent with shaky healthcare systems.