Among the headlines for Thursday, 3rd December 2020,  Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin criticised the government’s refusal to update Malaysia’s laws to allow Malaysian women to share the same rights as Malaysian men to confer Malaysian citizenship on their own children when born to a non-Malaysian spouse. Also, the relocation of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char, a flood-prone Bay of Bengal island that emerged from the sea 20 years ago, poses grave concerns about independent human rights monitoring. Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3 minutes. We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm. Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

Britain akan mula memberikan vaksin COVID-19, Pfizer BioNTech minggu depan selepas mendapat kelulusan oleh Agensi Perundangan Perubatan dan Penjagaan Kesihatan (MHRA).

Setiausaha Kesihatan Britain, Matt Hancock memaklumkan, selepas menjalankan ujian klinikal selama beberapa bulan dan menganalisis data, MHRA merumuskan vaksin terbabit memenuhi standard kualiti, keselamatan dan keberkesanan.

Timbalan Menteri Sumber Manusia, Awang Hashim memaklumkan Dewan Rakyat bahawa berdasarkan rekod Sistem Insurans Pekerjaan (SIP), seramai 99,696 pekerja diberhentikan atas pelbagai sebab antara Januari hingga 27 November 2020.

AWANI Pagi membawakan kemaskini terkini mengenai berita dalam dan luar negara yang dilaporkan di www.astroawani.com bersama Geegee Ahmad dan Nailah Huda.

The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer-Bio-n-Tech Covid-19 vaccine -- making the first 800 thousand doses available next week. While this is being hailed as the harbinger of the pandemic’s end, it has come with costs -- costs that many are willing to overlook in exchange for a promised return to normality. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Sanjeev Krishna, Professor of Molecular Parasittology and Medicine, Institute of Infection and Immunity in London.

Along with Pfizer’s vaccine we have many vaccine candidates that seem to be on the cusp of approval. This no doubts complicates the decision that policymakers have to make. How would you like policymakers to think through and make that comparison? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Sanjeev Krishna, Professor of Molecular Parasittology and Medicine, Institute of Infection and Immunity in London.

Underscoring the pandemic’s public health response but perhaps not getting as much attention as vaccines, are diagnostic tests and therapeutics. Our guest explains why the development of affordable diagnostics and therapeutics, as part of the public health tool kit, is so important. Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Sanjeev Krishna, Professor of Molecular Parasittology and Medicine, Institute of Infection and Immunity in London. of antigen & antibody Rapid test kits for COVID-19, as well as point-of-care PCR tests.

Terdapat dua kategori iaitu Kategori 1, mereka yang layak termasuk ahli yang bekerja di sektor formal, yang bekerja sendiri, yang bekerja di dalam sektor ekonomi gig, yang sudah lama tidak mencarum, yang hilang pekerjaan, suri rumah atau yang diberi notis cuti tanpa gaji.

Manakala Kategori 2, untuk ahli yang masih bekerja tetapi mengalami pengurangan pendapatan keseluruhan sebanyak 30% dan ke atas (termasuk pengurangan gaji dan elaun, atau pemotongan tuntutan kerja lebih masa) selepas Mac 2020, yang mana pengurangan tersebut hanya boleh dikenalpasti melalui dokumen yang diberikan.