Morning Brief

According to the Ministry of Health, nearly 20,000 Malaysians who contracted Covid-19 experienced post-Covid-19 syndrome, also known as long Covid. What do we know about long Covid and what are the treatment implications for patients and the healthcare system? We make sense of the scientific data available with expert Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam.

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Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore tells us what to expect ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Southeast Asia and what will be on his agenda.

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Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore tells us what to expect ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Southeast Asia and what will be on his agenda.

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Following former PM's Datuk Seri Najib Razak failure to overturn his conviction and sentence for seven charges on SRC International at the Court of Appeal, P. Gunasegaram, Editorial Consultant, The Vibes explains what's next for the convicted Ex-Prime Minister of Malaysia. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, President of Bumiputera Retailers Organisation shares with us the challenges and lack of action taken to address the labour shortage faced across all sectors and what does the retail industry need right now after close to two years of hardship caused by lockdowns. Image credit: gracethang2 / Shutterstock.com

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America, Australia, Canada and the UK will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, prompting another round of analyses on waning US-China ties. James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute, discusses. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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Datuk Wira Ameer Ali Mydin, President of Bumiputera Retailers Organisation shares with us the challenges and lack of action taken to address the labour shortage faced across all sectors and what does the retail industry need right now after close to two years of hardship caused by lockdowns. Image credit: gracethang2 / Shutterstock.com

America, Australia, Canada and the UK will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, prompting another round of analyses on waning US-China ties. James Dorsey, Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute, discusses. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) announced this week that wholesale 5G services will be offered for free to mobile carriers during an initial trial roll-out until March 2022. However, the Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa also announced that the Cabinet is still discussing whether to deploy 5G via a single wholesale network system or have multiple systems to allow some competition, with a final decision expected by January. What does this mean for the rollout of 5G moving forward? We discuss the implications and timeline with Nitin Soni of Fitch Ratings.

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Cancer is the 2nd highest cause of death in the country but early detection improves the survival rate. But with Covid, has this been thwarted. Farahida Mohd Farid, General Manager of Majlis Kanser Nasional (MAKNA) tells us. Image credit: Pexels.com

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