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Polio vaccines for children in Sabah

Jan 12, 2020

Over 100 thousand children aged five years and below in Sabah will be given the polio vaccination, to prevent the spread of the virus.

The Health MInistry says they will vaccinated once supplies are available, regardless of the children's citizenship status.

This is after the Ministry confirmed that two more children had been infected with polio in the state, after a three-month old baby contracted the disease late last year. 
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PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says there was nothing wrong with the MACC's move to make public, the audio recordings that allegedly featured Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and several other individuals. 

Tun Dr M said such a move is similar to the police publicly displaying the items that were seized from Najib back in 2018. 
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has demanded "full clarity" from Iran, after it admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airline near Tehran. 

Meanwhile Ukraine's president called on Iran to carry out a full and open investigation, prosecute those responsible and pay compensation to the victims families. 

All 176 people on board the flight were killed, including Canadian and Ukrainian citizens.