AstraZeneca admits for first time its Covid vaccine CAN cause rare side effect AstraZeneca has admitted in court for the first time that its Covid jab can cause a deadly blood clotting side effect. The exceedingly rare reaction is at the heart of a multi million-pound class action by dozens of families who allege they, or their loved ones, were maimed or killed by the pharmaceutical titan's 'defective' vaccine. Cambridge-based AstraZeneca, acknowledged in a legal document submitted to the High Court in February that its vaccine 'can, in very rare cases, cause TTS'. TTS is short for thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome – a medical condition where a person suffers blood clots along with a low platelet count. Platelets typically help the blood to clot. AstraZeneca's admission could lead to pay-outs on a case-by-case basis. Although accepted as a potential side effect for two years, it marks the first time the company has admitted in court that its jab can ...
Note: Income Tax Deadline Extended Until 30 June 2020 In lieu with the Movement Control Order period from 18 March to 28 April 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, IRB has extended the income tax deadline for this year. In 2019, about 37,260 people lost their jobs compared to 23,697 the year before. The end of 2019 also saw several media organisations announcing layoffs and retrenchments affecting thousands of employees nationwide. Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose to 3.3% in December 2019. As 2020 is shaping up to be a challenging year for the global economy, job prospects are not likely to improve in the year ahead. Ambank Research has even forecast the possibility of unemployment rates rising further to 3.6% this year. Meanwhile,the Malaysian Employers’ Federation (MEF) is forecasting that up to 100,000 workers could lose their jobs this year. Seeing that its once again income tax season in Malaysia, how do workers who have been retrenched or are facing retrenchment declar...
Malaysia's ringgit hit its lowest level since the Asian financial crisis on Tuesday (Feb 20), as emerging Asian currencies suffered against the dollar. In trade on Tuesday, the Malaysian ringgit fell nearly 0.3 per cent to almost 4.8 against the greenback, its worst reading since January 1998 during the Asian financial meltdown. Malaysia's central bank governor Datuk Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said on Tuesday that the currency's performance had been affected by "external factors" such as US rate hikes, geopolitical concerns and uncertainty about China's economic prospects. "The current level of the ringgit does not reflect the positive prospects of the Malaysian economy going forward," he said in a statement. He said expected growth in global trade and Malaysian exports should have a positive impact on the currency this year. Remark: The Singdollar was trading at RM3.568 at 7pm on Feb 20.
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