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Joe Biden sworn in as 4th US President

Jan 21, 2021

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Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president, becoming the oldest person ever to enter office at the age of 78.
Following months of bitter resistance from Donald Trump to the outcome of the November presidential election, new President Biden at the inauguration ceremony says democracy has prevailed.

"This is America’s day, this is democracy’s day. The day of history and hope. America has risen to the challenge. Today we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate but of a cause, the cause of democracy. The people, the will of the people has been heard.”

Biden has pledged to unite the country and called on Americans to end the uncivil war that has fractured the nation.

At his inaugural address, Biden repeatedly stressed the need for unity, amid a devastating pandemic and the threat of domestic terrorism.

"The answer is not to turn inward, to retreat into competing factions, distrusting those who don't look like you or worship the way you do, or don't get their news from the same sources you do,"We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this .”

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice-president - the first woman, first African-American and
first Asian-American to serve in the role.

Malaysians are not required to wear gloves under the National Security Council’s SOPs for the movement control orders.
The Senior Minister for Security was responding to a Twitter post, which carried a video that appeared to show a cop issuing compounds to a shop worker as part of their SOP compliance checks.

Active Covid-19 cases in the nation surpassed the 40,000 mark!

This is after the Health Ministry reported 4,008 new infections yesterday- the second highest since the start of the pandemic.

With the latest case count, Malaysia has recorded more than 3,000 new daily infections for 7 straight days, taking the overall tally to nearly 170 thousand.