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With the number of administered vaccine doses increasing every week, the country aims to inoculate at least 10% of the population by mid-July. According to Khairy Jamaluddin, this means that 3.2 million people would have completed both doses of any given vaccine by that time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government is looking into easing restrictions for individuals who have completed their Covid-19 vaccination including allowing them to travel interstate, says National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Airports, ports, and Prasarana depots will be converted into industrial vaccination centres for transportation frontliners. The list of eligible transportation frontliners include but is not limited to sailors, pilots, flight attendants, and e-hailing drivers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Randstad recently released its annual Employer Brand Research in Malaysia. Independently conducted by Kantar TNS, the report explores the top EVP factors that influence employees and job seekers in their search for a new career. While some findings aren’t surprising, others are indicative of the changing nature of work in a pandemic-driven environment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Instead of nose swabs and test tubes, there may be a faster way to determine Covid-19 infections. In a study conducted in the UK, dogs were able to detect Covid-19 on clothing worn by infected people with up to 94.3% sensitivity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysian government is looking into heterologous vaccinations, which are a mixture of two different types of vaccines, as a possible option as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent study has found that employees in Singapore are the unhappiest in the world. Based on a few key indicators, the survey found that many of our neighboring country’s workers wouldn’t recommend Singapore as an ideal place to maintain a fulfilling career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysia Semiconductor Industry is urging the government to approve more on-site vaccination centres; at the same time, there is concern about the low registrations for vaccinations on the MySejahtera app for people with disabilities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Economists weighed in on the National Recovery Plan and how it may actually be an effective guideline for Malaysians to plan ahead for the foreseeable future; however, before that can happen, it needs to be better defined and clarified.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PE fund Creador recently took up a 30% stake in Loob Holdings, the parent company of popular local boba tea brand, Tealive. This partnership is no doubt a big one and could have serious implications for both entities depending on their strategy moving forward.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.