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According to the Health DG, the average infectivity rate showed a 1.9% drop compared to the previous week. (Photo by Zahid Izzani Mohd Said/The Edge) - A + A KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country for the 25th epidemiology week (ME 25), which began from June 19 to 25, saw a 10.9% increase to 15,739 cases compared with 14,195 cases the week before. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, however, the number of deaths showed a 38.1% drop, with 13 cases compared with 21 cases in the previous week. “The number of recovered cases in ME 25 also showed a rise of 33.8%, namely from 10,524 to 14,078 cases,” he said in a statement on Monday (June 27). Dr Noor Hisham said the admission of Covid-19 patients into health facilities (public hospitals and Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centres) per 100,000 population increased by 11% in ME 25 compared to the earlier week. He said the number of Covid-19 patient … [Read more...] about Covid-19: Rise in new infections, drop in fatalities last week, says Health DG

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The actual number of Covid-19 infections must be 10 times higher than reported by the Public Health Ministry as most patients develop mild symptoms, top virologist Yong Poovorawan (pic) said on Sunday (June 26). Thailand recorded 2,378 Covid-19 cases and 17 deaths on Sunday, according to the ministry. Dr Yong also pointed out that the number of children infected by Covid-19 has surged now that schools have reopened, triggering a spread among families. With children, he said, it was difficult to tell if they have the common flu or Covid-19. "We expect Covid-19 to spread quickly from this month and the number of infections to reach their peak between July and September," he said. He reckoned that Covid-19 infections will start dropping between October and December, before rising again in January, when respiratory diseases usually peak. Dr Yong, who leads the Chulalongkorn University's Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology, said half … [Read more...] about Covid-19 cases in Thailand 10 times higher than reported: Top virologist

American businessman and investor Martin Shkreli is putting up $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals and KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc., made the announcement via his Facebook page Friday. Rich, 27, was the voter expansion data director at the DNC, according to Roll Call , and had been employed for two years. Rich also worked on a computer application to help voters locate polling stations, and had just accepted a job with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. According to Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police reports, officers patrolling the Bloomingdale neighborhood heard gunshots at around 4:20 a.m. on the morning of July 10, 2016. Officers discovered a “conscious and breathing” Rich at 2100 Flagler Place NW . Police have not yet solved the case, but surmised that Rich was a victim of a botched … [Read more...] about Martin Shkreli Drops $100K Bounty For Info On Seth Rich’s Murderer

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A spacecraft has sent back beautiful new close-up images of the planet Mercury from just 125 miles/200 kilometers away. BepiColumbo—a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)—flew past the closest planet to the Sun for the second time on June 23, 2022. As it did its three cameras were able to capture black-and-white images showing craters on the planet surface. However, the spacecraft closest approach was over the night-side of Mercury. During its close flyby BepiColumbo flew from the night-side to the day-side of the tiny planet, witnessing a sunrise over the planet’s crater-pocked surface. The timing was crucial for the quality of photography it was able to capture because that division between light and dark—the terminator—threw huge shadows across the dramatic terrain. BepiColumbo will orbit Mercury from late 2025 to help planetary scientists figure … [Read more...] about In Photos: Spacecraft Snaps Jaw-Dropping New Images Of Mercury’s Craters From Only 125 Miles Away

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Kane Brown has partnered with Crown Royal to unveil a new remix of his chart-topping single “Homesick,” which Forbes has the exclusive premiere for below. The nostalgic tune about missing home, which reached No. 1 on Billboard ’s Country Airplay chart in March, takes on new meaning with three veterans providing captivating backing vocals. “Homesick (Veterans Version)” features three retired veterans who contribute on the chorus throughout the song as well as provide harmony on each verse. Generald Wilson, retired U.S. Navy 1 st Class Petty Officer; J.W. Cortes, retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant; and Sal Gonzalez, retired U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal, were recruited by Crown to assist the country singer. Brown says the veterans made the already popular song even better, providing adequate emotion of what it’s like being away from their own families for so long. “I’m honored that they’re on the song,” he … [Read more...] about Listen To Kane Brown’s ‘Homesick’ Veteran Remix Before It Drops

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more. What To See In The Night Sky This Week: June 27-July 3, 2022 It’s not easy going stargazing in summer at this time of year in the northern hemisphere. The nights are just so short. The best reason to stay up late and go somewhere dark is the sight of the spiral arms of our Milky Way galaxy arcing across the night sky. Look to the southeast and south for that this month—and this week in particular—which will also include lush views of a slender crescent Moon. Who said summer was no good for stargazing? Monday, June 27, 2022: Boötids meteor shower and a crescent Moon meets Mercury The June Boötids meteor shower—occasionally called the June Draconids or Boötid-Draconids meteor shower—runs … [Read more...] about See A Jaw-Dropping Crescent Moon, 50 Meteors An Hour And Our Billion-Star Milky Way: What You Can See In The Night Sky This Week

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Beijing relaxed a major Covid-19 restriction on Monday (June 27) after two months, even as its party chief vowed to normalise the capital city's pandemic controls and stick to China's zero-Covid policy. Primary and secondary schools started allowing students back, as infections subsided in the capital. They had been attending classes online since May 1, when the city battled its worst outbreak since the early days of the pandemic. There were almost 100 cases daily at that time, as the authorities swiftly locked down communities or sent close contacts to centralised quarantine. Restaurants were also banned from offering dine-in service. By Sunday, Beijing reported just four cases. Parents told The Straits Times that they were relieved to have their children back in school. "I've been quite distracted at work because I take my daughter along to the office, and she constantly needs my attention," said human resource manager Duan … [Read more...] about Beijing allows primary and secondary schools to reopen after two months

PM Modi addressing the Indian diaspora in Munich, Germany, on June 26 (Image: Twitter/@DDNews) India is leading the "way of innovation", with one unicorn emerging in the country at every 10 days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on June 26 in Germany's Munich, where he addressed members of the Indian community. "There was a time when India was nowhere in the race of startups. Today, we are the third-largest startup ecosystem. Similarly, we used to import even the simplest phones, today, we are the second-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world," he said. "Not only this, in India, on an average, we have a ‘unicorn’ every 10 days," Modi added. The spirit of innovation is evident in all parts of the country, Modi claimed, noting that an average of 5,000 patents are filed every month in India. Also Read: Modi at G7 in Germany | Expectations from and support for India will rise rather than fall Close The country is also matching the pace of … [Read more...] about India leading the way of innovation, one unicorn coming up every 10 days: PM Modi in Germany

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dance sequences, angsty enchanted weapons, and the on set soundtrack are all topics on the table at a press conference to promote the latest entry in the multibillion-dollar Marvel movie franchise Thor: Love and Thunder . It's the character's fourth standalone movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sees the Norse god facing off with Bale's maleficent Gorr the God Butcher and reuniting with Portman's Jane Foster, who becomes Mighty Thor, and Thompson's Valkyrie. Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, writer/director and the voice of Korg in the movie, Taika Waititi, and producer Kevin Feige assembled in Los Angeles to discuss the film in front of a bunch of handpicked journalists. Here are a few of the highlights. Why Chris Hemsworth is a key reason for Thor getting a fourth film Kevin Feige: (Audiences) respond to Chris Hemsworth, and I think they respond to … [Read more...] about 10 Things We Learned From The ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Press Conference

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin There are ten times more asteroids than astronomers thought according to new data from a space telescope. The findings come from a huge data release earlier this month from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope, which was launched in 2013 and since then has been gradually creating an ever more detailed 3D map of our Milky Way galaxy. The so-called “DR3” dataset includes more than 150,000 objects in the solar system objects, most of them asteroids—though also some moons. “Based on Gaia DR3, Finnish researchers will change the conception of asteroids in our solar system,” said Karri Muinonen, Academy Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland, which was involved in the new data release. It’s thought that the new data will enormously help astronomers in calculating accurate orbits for asteroids. That’s because Gaia data adds-in the physical properties of asteroids. Rather than just seeing them as a … [Read more...] about Look Out! New Data Shows There Are 10 Times More Asteroids Than We Thought Say Scientists