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Uni students to return to campus from March

Feb 10, 2022

Starting March 1st, university students will be allowed to gradually return to their campuses at institutions under the Higher Education Ministry.

The Defence Minister says those with complete and incomplete vaccination status are allowed to be on campus.

However, those who have yet to complete their vaccination must test negative for COVID-19 three days before returning, and also undergo testing once a week.

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SOPs for Maasi Magam and Chingay

Prayer ceremonies will be allowed to take place at temples for the upcoming Maasi Magam festival, and Chingay parade.

SOPs for Maasi Magam will be enforced from the 16th until the 19th of February, with only fully vaccinated individuals allowed to join religious activities.

The chariot procession can go ahead involving not more than 50 temple management members, without stopping at any locations, among other SOPs.

Meanwhile, SOPs for the Chingay parade in Johor will take effect from the 19th until the 22nd of this month.

The Defence Minister adds that the number of temple management members allowed to take part will depend on the event.

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280 more COVID VOCs

Malaysia has reported 280 more COVID-19 variants of concern in the past week.

Most of them were Delta, while 95 cases involved the Omicron variant.

This, after daily COVID infections soared to over 17,000 yesterday, up by over 3,000 from the previous day.