Air Asia lost 2.44 billion and share price is nicely up..... future depending on covid..... JAKs lost 100 million and with 25 years recurring income and we are talking about limit down? HAHAHAHA

CNN UPDATES - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, says colleagues in South Africa have told him some patients there have been reinfected with the coronavirus due to the new, more contagious, variant.

"When we were communicating with our many scientific and public health colleagues in South Africa, they were telling us over the phone 'something strange is going on right now, we have people who were infected several months ago, who now with this new strain are getting reinfected,'" Fauci told NBC News' Lester Holt on Friday.
"Which is telling you that the immune response induced to the first infection wasn't good enough to prevent the second infection."

Looks like this South African variant can reinfect patients who had covid before....... And the new vaccines are less than 50% effective against this new variant....... This is bad news for mankind......

CNN UPDATES - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, says colleagues in South Africa have told him some patients there have been reinfected with the coronavirus due to the new, more contagious, variant.

"When we were communicating with our many scientific and public health colleagues in South Africa, they were telling us over the phone 'something strange is going on right now, we have people who were infected several months ago, who now with this new strain are getting reinfected,'" Fauci told NBC News' Lester Holt on Friday.
"Which is telling you that the immune response induced to the first infection wasn't good enough to prevent the second infection."

Looks like this South African variant can reinfect patients who had covid before....... And the new vaccines are less than 50% effective against this new variant....... This is bad news for mankind......

Gloves are going UP!!!!!!!! Dun sell........

Gloves are going UP!!!!!!!!

Lets do our part guys....... Buy! Or the least how shares..... Dun sell!!!!!!

https://www.asiatimesfinancial.com/asia-could-be-next-as-reddit-squeeze-on-hedge-fund-shorts-goes-global Asia could be next as Reddit squeeze on hedge-fund shorts goes global Asian stocks next?

The trend could spread to Asian names that have recently seen short selling, such as Malaysia’s Top Glove, or larger liquid stocks such as Alibaba.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/jan/20/covid-vaccines-may-need-updating-to-protect-against-new-variant-study-suggests

Covid vaccines may need updating to protect against new variant, study suggests
Neutralising ability of antibodies typically falls eight-fold with South African variant

Coronavirus vaccines may need to be redesigned this year to boost protection against a new variant that emerged rapidly in South Africa, research suggests, while past Covid sufferers may not be protected against reinfection.

Research by South African government scientists reveals that mutations of the new variant, known as 501Y.v2 or B1351, make the variant substantially resistant to antibodies in blood plasma donated by Covid patients.

The findings suggest it may be more likely to reinfect people who have already had Covid, and that vaccines being rolled out across the globe may be less effective. Since the variant emerged late last year, it has prompted travel bans around the world.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/south-african-covid-19-variant-may-be-more-effective-at-spreading The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may hit young people harder, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe.
However, research is still continuing to confirm the threat posed by the variant, which does not appear to provoke more serious symptoms or require different treatment.
There are also some fears that the more numerous individual mutations of the South African variant may make it able to “re-infect” individuals who have already caught the virus and recovered.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/23/south-african-covid-19-variant-may-be-more-effective-at-spreading The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may hit young people harder, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe.
However, research is still continuing to confirm the threat posed by the variant, which does not appear to provoke more serious symptoms or require different treatment.
There are also some fears that the more numerous individual mutations of the South African variant may make it able to “re-infect” individuals who have already caught the virus and recovered.

CNN - Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that’s recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, according to company statements.

CNN - Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that’s recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, according to company statements.

South African variant of coronavirus is different from UK variant, WHO says
From CNN’s Andrea Kane

South African variant of coronavirus is different from UK variant, WHO says
From CNN’s Andrea Kane

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3114570/coronavirus-vaccines-will-save-2021-not-so-fast-heres The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) estimates that global manufacturing capacity for Covid-19 vaccines is between 2 billion and 4 billion doses per year.
It might be 2023-2024 before we can make enough vaccines.

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3114570/coronavirus-vaccines-will-save-2021-not-so-fast-heres The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) estimates that global manufacturing capacity for Covid-19 vaccines is between 2 billion and 4 billion doses per year.
It might be 2023-2024 before we can make enough vaccines.

https://www.kwongwah.com.my/20201217/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97%E8%A2%AB%E7%88%86%E6%97%A0%E6%95%88%EF%BC%81/ The new crown pneumonia vaccine developed by Sinopharm, a central enterprise managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of China, was shockingly invalid. Hundreds of expatriate employees were still infected collectively after being vaccinated. People familiar with the matter were not surprised.

According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Chinese state-owned enterprises dispatched employees who were vaccinated with the new crown pneumonia vaccine produced by the "Sinopharm Group" and subsequently collectively infected Uganda, Angola, and Serbia in Europe. The number of infections may be as high as hundreds. The Chinese government quickly blocked the news and worked hard to turn this issue into a political one.
The report pointed out that on the 11th of this month, it was reported that at least 17 people of Chinese nationality were infected with the new crown pneumonia in Angola. 16 of them were located in a Chinese state-owned enterprise in the province of Lunda Norte. They were employees of the company and all were infected. Before leaving the country, all Chinese citizens had implemented the vaccine developed by the Chinese state-owned company "Sinopharm Group" in accordance with Chinese official arrangements; a Chinese woman from Angola confirmed that the news was true, but she believed the infection was only the tip of the iceberg.
At the same time, more than 400 Chinese employees of the Tianjin Power Construction Company in Pančevo, the capital of South Banat State, Serbia, have been diagnosed with about 300 people. This includes a large number of employees from China. They were also vaccinated against the "Sinopharm Group" before leaving the country, but they were still infected when they arrived. Tianjin Electric Power Construction Company refused to respond to this and deleted the official website in Serbia. data.
Ren Ruihong, the former head of the Chinese Red Cross Major Disease Relief Project, pointed out that China successively allowed foreign personnel from state-owned enterprises to inject the "Sinopharm Group" vaccine in July this year. However, several vaccines currently developed by China are all "inactivated vaccines" in nature. The production is difficult, the risk is high, and the technical content is low, and the clinical trial data is also questioned. Ren Ruihong is not surprised that he is still infected after the vaccine is administered.

Sorry guys..... google translated.....

https://www.kwongwah.com.my/20201217/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%B0%E5%86%A0%E7%96%AB%E8%8B%97%E8%A2%AB%E7%88%86%E6%97%A0%E6%95%88%EF%BC%81/ The new crown pneumonia vaccine developed by Sinopharm, a central enterprise managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of China, was shockingly invalid. Hundreds of expatriate employees were still infected collectively after being vaccinated. People familiar with the matter were not surprised.

According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Chinese state-owned enterprises dispatched employees who were vaccinated with the new crown pneumonia vaccine produced by the "Sinopharm Group" and subsequently collectively infected Uganda, Angola, and Serbia in Europe. The number of infections may be as high as hundreds. The Chinese government quickly blocked the news and worked hard to turn this issue into a political one.
The report pointed out that on the 11th of this month, it was reported that at least 17 people of Chinese nationality were infected with the new crown pneumonia in Angola. 16 of them were located in a Chinese state-owned enterprise in the province of Lunda Norte. They were employees of the company and all were infected. Before leaving the country, all Chinese citizens had implemented the vaccine developed by the Chinese state-owned company "Sinopharm Group" in accordance with Chinese official arrangements; a Chinese woman from Angola confirmed that the news was true, but she believed the infection was only the tip of the iceberg.
At the same time, more than 400 Chinese employees of the Tianjin Power Construction Company in Pančevo, the capital of South Banat State, Serbia, have been diagnosed with about 300 people. This includes a large number of employees from China. They were also vaccinated against the "Sinopharm Group" before leaving the country, but they were still infected when they arrived. Tianjin Electric Power Construction Company refused to respond to this and deleted the official website in Serbia. data.
Ren Ruihong, the former head of the Chinese Red Cross Major Disease Relief Project, pointed out that China successively allowed foreign personnel from state-owned enterprises to inject the "Sinopharm Group" vaccine in July this year. However, several vaccines currently developed by China are all "inactivated vaccines" in nature. The production is difficult, the risk is high, and the technical content is low, and the clinical trial data is also questioned. Ren Ruihong is not surprised that he is still infected after the vaccine is administered.

Sorry guys..... google translated.....

Finally price moving up..... AGM good news???

Trump says he halted plan to immediately vaccinate White House staffers https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/13/politics/white-house-coronavirus-vaccine/index.html




Pfizer CEO says he's not taken his firm's coronavirus vaccine yet
From CNN Health's Jacqueline Howard

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has not taken the company's Covid-19 vaccine yet, he told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Monday morning.

"No I haven't taken it yet and we are having an ethical committee dealing with the question of who is getting it," Bourla said in his first interview since his company's coronavirus vaccine was authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.

Trump says he halted plan to immediately vaccinate White House staffers https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/13/politics/white-house-coronavirus-vaccine/index.html



Pfizer CEO says he's not taken his firm's coronavirus vaccine yet
From CNN Health's Jacqueline Howard

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has not taken the company's Covid-19 vaccine yet, he told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Monday morning.

"No I haven't taken it yet and we are having an ethical committee dealing with the question of who is getting it," Bourla said in his first interview since his company's coronavirus vaccine was authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.

Guardian - Brazil’s health ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of Covid-19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with coronavirus, a ministry spokeswoman said. The first case was a health worker in the northern city of Natal, a 37-year-old woman who tested positive in June and again 116 days later in October, the ministry said.

Guardian - Brazil’s health ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of Covid-19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with coronavirus, a ministry spokeswoman said. The first case was a health worker in the northern city of Natal, a 37-year-old woman who tested positive in June and again 116 days later in October, the ministry said.

Guardian - Brazil’s health ministry is studying 58 suspected cases of Covid-19 reinfection after confirming the first case of a person getting reinfected with coronavirus, a ministry spokeswoman said. The first case was a health worker in the northern city of Natal, a 37-year-old woman who tested positive in June and again 116 days later in October, the ministry said.

Bernama - ARAU, Dec 12 -- The government cannot be closing the country indefinitely and not allowing the people to move freely, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.
“In the end, we need to allow them to be free as COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on,” he told reporters after an audience with the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail at Istana Arau here today.

Quote - COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on........ Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.

Bernama - ARAU, Dec 12 -- The government cannot be closing the country indefinitely and not allowing the people to move freely, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.
“In the end, we need to allow them to be free as COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on,” he told reporters after an audience with the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail at Istana Arau here today.

Quote - COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on........ Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.

Bernama - ARAU, Dec 12 -- The government cannot be closing the country indefinitely and not allowing the people to move freely, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.
“In the end, we need to allow them to be free as COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on,” he told reporters after an audience with the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail at Istana Arau here today.

Quote - COVID-19 will always be around us like dengue and so on........ Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.

Bloomberg - Tracking COVID-19
1,​489,​020
New cases reported worldwide, Dec. 11
1,​594,​808
Total deaths reported worldwide
231,775 in U.S.
Most new cases today
+9%
Change in MSCI World Index of global stocks since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
-0.​8361
Change in U.S. treasury bond yield since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
4%
Global GDP Tracker (annualized), Oct.

Bloomber - Tracking COVID-19
1,​489,​020
New cases reported worldwide, Dec. 11
1,​594,​808
Total deaths reported worldwide
231,775 in U.S.
Most new cases today
+9%
Change in MSCI World Index of global stocks since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
-0.​8361
Change in U.S. treasury bond yield since Wuhan lockdown, Jan. 23
4%
Global GDP Tracker (annualized), Oct.

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Good read on Pfizer vaccine and Covid

https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/289389

Good read on Pfizer vaccine and Covid

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-poll/more-women-than-men-in-u-s-nervous-about-fast-rollout-of-covid-vaccine-and-thats-a-problem-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN28L0F3 Overall, 61% of Americans said in December that they are open to getting vaccinated - a 4 point decline since the May poll. The latest survey also recorded a sharp drop in the number of parents willing to give their children the vaccine - 53% versus 62% in May.

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-poll/more-women-than-men-in-u-s-nervous-about-fast-rollout-of-covid-vaccine-and-thats-a-problem-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN28L0F3 Overall, 61% of Americans said in December that they are open to getting vaccinated - a 4 point decline since the May poll. The latest survey also recorded a sharp drop in the number of parents willing to give their children the vaccine - 53% versus 62% in May.

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/allergy-statistics
Percentage of adults who have allergies in the U.S.: 30%
Percentage of children who have allergies in the U.S.: 40%.

These people cant take pfizer vaccines????

Most probably Moderna will also have the same problem.........

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/allergy-statistics
Percentage of adults who have allergies in the U.S.: 30%
Percentage of children who have allergies in the U.S.: 40%.

These people cant take pfizer vaccines????

Most probably Moderna will also have the same problem.........

Becareful.......

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/hong-seng-rp-integrated-call-de... KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 8): Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's unit and RP Integrated Bhd have mutually terminated their medical drugs and vaccines joint venture just two months after signing the deal.
Hong Seng's 51%-owned HS Bio Supplies Sdn Bhd and pharmaceutical firm RP Integrated established the partnership to pursue distributorship and opportunities relating to medical drugs and vaccines from China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Oct 5.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Hong Seng said, "There was no progress on the intended collaboration and cooperation as contemplated in the consortium agreement."

supermxmx, 11:26 PM
Another 'vaccine play" company bites the dust!! MSCM

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/hong-seng-rp-integrated-call-deal-distribute-medical-drugs-china KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 8): Hong Seng Consolidated Bhd's unit and RP Integrated Bhd have mutually terminated their medical drugs and vaccines joint venture just two months after signing the deal.
Hong Seng's 51%-owned HS Bio Supplies Sdn Bhd and pharmaceutical firm RP Integrated established the partnership to pursue distributorship and opportunities relating to medical drugs and vaccines from China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Oct 5.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Hong Seng said, "There was no progress on the intended collaboration and cooperation as contemplated in the consortium agreement."

supermxmx, 11:26 PM
Another 'vaccine play" company bites the dust!! MSCM

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/south-korea-buy-millions-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-sees-no-need-hurry SEOUL (Dec 8): South Korea said today it had signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year but it would not hurry inoculation to allow more time to observe potential side effects.We don't see the need to hurriedly begin vaccination without ensuring that the vaccines' risks have been verified," he said.
Shipments would begin no later than March, and vaccinations may start in the first half of next year depending on factors such as observations in other countries about their safety, the spread of Covid-19, and public demand, the health ministry said.

A very smart country...... observe side effect first!!!!

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/south-korea-buy-millions-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-sees-no-need-hurry SEOUL (Dec 8): South Korea said today it had signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year but it would not hurry inoculation to allow more time to observe potential side effects.We don't see the need to hurriedly begin vaccination without ensuring that the vaccines' risks have been verified," he said.
Shipments would begin no later than March, and vaccinations may start in the first half of next year depending on factors such as observations in other countries about their safety, the spread of Covid-19, and public demand, the health ministry said.

A very smart country...... observe side effect first!!!!

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/south-korea-buy-millions-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-sees-no-need-hurry SEOUL (Dec 8): South Korea said today it had signed deals to provide coronavirus vaccines for 44 million people next year but it would not hurry inoculation to allow more time to observe potential side effects.We don't see the need to hurriedly begin vaccination without ensuring that the vaccines' risks have been verified," he said.
Shipments would begin no later than March, and vaccinations may start in the first half of next year depending on factors such as observations in other countries about their safety, the spread of Covid-19, and public demand, the health ministry said.

A very smart country...... observe side effect first!!!!

Coronavirus vaccines will eventually be like getting a flu shot, Azar says
From CNN Health’s Shelby Lin Erdman. The US federal government’s goal is to make coronavirus vaccines like getting a flu shot, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday.

Its going to be a yearly vaccination affair....... Gloves demand will stay high........

Coronavirus vaccines will eventually be like getting a flu shot, Azar says
From CNN Health’s Shelby Lin Erdman. The US federal government’s goal is to make coronavirus vaccines like getting a flu shot, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday.

Its going to be a yearly vaccination affair....... Gloves demand will stay high........

1. Facemask CE and FDA approved........ 2.Olympics 2021....... 3. Biden 100 days facemask when he is sworn in..... 4.Covid not going away soon - Dr Fauci ....... This will easily push it above rm2......

Owner consistently buying back shares....... sign of very good QR.......

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/hundreds-ill-1-dead-due-to-unidentifie... At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said Monday.

The illness was detected Saturday evening in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven products. Since then, patients have experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and anxiety to loss of consciousness, doctors said.