These are testing times indeed, with the COVID-19 outbreak causing Malaysia to enforce a Movement Control Order (MCO) to restrict contact between members of society. While we must trust our government to do its job in flattening the infection curve, we must also trust our own community members to act responsibly.
With Malaysia’s laggard track record in tackling mental health amongst the youth, how can religion help? In his opinion piece for CEKU, Adenan shares his thoughts with us.
The UK’s previous strategy of “herd immunity” is one that has come under fire not only from WHO, but from leading scientists across Britain’s top universities as dangerous and risky. But what was the rationale for the government’s strategy and why have they backpedalled from it?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse impacts on markets ranging from the finance sector to the retail sector - with shortage of essentials such as surgical facemasks, hand sanitisers, and perhaps more peculiarly, toilet papers.
With the current outrage surrounding COVID-19 worldwide, media attention has shifted away from other concerning problems in the heart of our nation, Kuala Lumpur. How does our nation plan to mitigate the rising number of homeless people and what can we do to ensure that they get the mental health attention that they need?
The diseases caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 is named as COVID-19. It is a large family of viruses that have caused illness from the common cold to more severe ones such as MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. SARS-CoV-2, is a new strand of zoonotic virus (able to jump from animal to human) and is believed to originate from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China. The fatality of this virus highly depends on the condition of the patient itself.
What is the reason for an uproar from Malaysian youths, especially the doctors in the country, who are opposing the allowance cuts? Are our number of existing positions in public healthcare actually ‘sufficient’ to fulfill the nation’s needs? What current situation and other persisting issues in the medical field may have contributed to the abolition of BIPK?
The political landscape was plunged into mayhem amid talks of a new coalition being formed when several leaders gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Petaling Jaya. The rumors were further fuelled when political leaders from Bersatu, PAS, UMNO and PKR were granted an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
When one argues for gender empowerment, one would usually do so on the basis of equality of outcome or opportunity. Both cannot be achieved at the same and in fact, complete equality of either case separately is impossible.
Civic engagement is vital in the continuation of civil society, and as Malaysian students abroad, at times we may forget that we can still play a role in public consciousness. Especially in the internet age, where the distance from home may feel like we are out of the sphere of influence, we are really anything but.
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