Archive for June 8th, 2021

#kerajaangagal95 — Possibility that Malaysia may be barred from Tokyo Olympics should be final evidence that the emergency declared on January 11 which suspended Parliament and the State Assemblies had been a great failure in the war against Covid-19 pandemic and time for a new start

Posted by Kit in COVID-19, Parliament, Sports on Tuesday, 8 June 2021

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New Straits Times Sports Section today carried a report: “Malaysia may be barred from Olympics” by Fabian Peter, which said that the Japanese government had asked the Olympics Games organising committee to consider denying entry for 10 countries, including Malaysia, which had experienced a surge in Covid cases recently.

The other countries on the possible “no entry list” are India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
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#kerajaangagal94 — Call on the Prime Minister to announce an amnesty for undocumented migrants to give priority to the war against Covid-19 pandemic and to accelerate the national vaccination rollout

Posted by Kit in COVID-19, Human Rights, Labour on Tuesday, 8 June 2021

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It is more than ten days since the announcement by the Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin contradicting the Minister co-ordinating vaccines, Khairy Jamaluddin, of operations against undocumented migrants for breach of the Covid-19 SOPs but the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had been very quiet on this important issue which could decide whether the national vaccination rollout would be a failure or whether Malaysia could achieve herd immunity against Covid and break the back of the problem of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Feb 16, Khairy said undocumented foreign nationals will not be arrested when they come forward for Covid-19 vaccinations, adding that this assurance was crucial in ensuring herd immunity was achieved. Read the rest of this entry »

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