I started double masking last year when I returned from Singapore. “I got used to double masking then as it was encouraged over there. He said while double masking was not mandatory together with the face shield, it would give maximum protection. According to another infographic he shared, an unknotted surgical mask blocks 56.1% of particles, a cloth mask (51.4%), a knot and tucked surgical mask (77%) and double masking (85.4%). Kitchen staff Am Khoo, 26, who adopted the habit of double masking, said she heeded the Health director-general’s recommendation to double mask.

Pictures of their delicious home- cooked meals and interesting lockdown activities in our family chatgroup never fail to make me yearn for home. Being in a lockdown can really take a toll on people’s mental health due to the lack of human interaction and uncertain, worrying situations. Instead of focusing on the negative, I recently decided to make some ‘lockdown resolutions’ and mark things off the bucket list. Here are some of the things that I would like to achieve during the lockdown. I was hiking at least once a week prior to the lockdown and it was a great exercise to shed the extra pounds.

HOUSEWIFE Ow Tok Kin, 70,was all smiles as she finally got vaccinated to protect herself and her family from the deadly virus. “Initially, I was worried about the side effects of the vaccine but my friends and family were very encouraging. “Some of my classmates had received their vaccines and I felt relieved after hearing their experiences, ” she said yesterday. Ong Hock Cheng, 69, who runs a printing business, said he lost some sleep the night before his vaccination appointment. The first mega mass vaccination centre at Setia SPICE Arena was also fully operational to dispense the AstraZeneca vaccines.

PETALING JAYA: A biopic on Datuk Nicol David is set to be a blockbuster. The eight-time world champion Nicol announced that her amazing squash journey will be transformed into a movie I am Nicol David, for which she will be collaborating with ACE Pictures Entertainment - a Malaysian digital media and film production investment company. “I’m so excited,” said the 37-year-old, who was No.1 in the world for a record-breaking 108 months until September 2015. The production will do a nationwide casting in Malaysia to find someone,” said Nicol. Meanwhile, ACE Pictures president Peter Wong said the biopic would be produced in English.

KUALA TERENGGANU: When Zailah Jusoh received a frantic phone call from her wheelchair-bound mother, she thought that something must have happened to her 83-year-old father, Jusoh Muda. Later she came to know that her 79-year-old mother, Fatimah Mohd, was found burnt to death following a fire at her parents’ wooden house in Kampung Losong Haji Su here. “Mak managed to call me on the phone and screamed for help several times. I rushed to my parents’ house and that’s when I saw the firemen putting out the fire. “The victim, who was ill, could not save herself and is believed to have fallen to the ground when the wooden house collapsed during the fire, ” he said.

(June 8): Jeff Bezos will go to space next month when his company, Blue Origin, launches its first passenger-carrying mission. The spot will be the only one available for purchase on the flight, and the proceeds will go to a Blue Origin foundation that promotes math and science education. Blue Origin has built accommodations, including a cafeteria. Branson, 70 years old, plans to fly on a Virgin Galactic flight to suborbital space, perhaps as early as this summer. Bezos has been slowly selling off his stake in Amazon to invest in Blue Origin.

This Week in Asia reviewed more than 20 channels – some of them extremely graphic and involving the online sexual exploitation of children. The teasers clearly stated that at least part of the shared content was non-consensual. Raakesh Sivapalan, 23, a material handler at a company in Singapore, joined Rai’s team this year after a conversation with his fiancée about such Telegram groups. “We are currently in four rooms that use Chinese, and one of them has more than 30,000 members, ” Dan said, arguing that China should step up its efforts to tackle online sexual abuse. Amala said the authorities should join efforts to track down the administrators of Telegram groups.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Several private hospitals in the country have started administering the Covid-19 vaccine to the general public on Monday (June 7) following the government’s decision to allow private hospitals to be used as vaccination centres, in phases two and three of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. In Penang, three private hospitals started to vaccinate Penangites, namely Pantai Hospital Penang (PHP), Lam Wah Ee Hospital and KPJ Penang, with a daily target of 500 recipients a day. ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Dr Anas Alam Faizli said more private hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) registered under the vaccination programme will soon begin their operation. He said 12 private hospitals and more than 100 GPs have registered under ProtectHealth, the implementer of private medical practitioners’ participation in the national immunisation exercise. Lee reminded vaccine recipients to bring along their identity card, mobile phone and their own pen on the day of their appointment.

Little did she know then, but her 79-year-old mother, Fatimah Mohd, was later found burnt to death following a fire at her parent’s wooden house at Kampung Losong Haji Su here. "Mak (mother) managed to call me on the phone at 10.30am and screamed for help several times. I rushed to my parents’ house and that’s when I saw the fire brigade putting out the fire. The grieving Zailah said she last met her mother last Saturday and that she (her mother) would always contact her to buy basic items. "The victim, who was ill, could not save herself and is believed to have fallen to the ground when the wooden house collapsed during the fire, ” he said.

"Before leaving my house to go to work, I always pray that I will not be infected with Covid-19. "My daughter is a nurse in Johor Baru and she always tells us how hard the medical frontliners are working to handle Covid-19 cases, on top of wearing the multiple layers of personal protective equipment. Meanwhile, for retired teacher Nazariah Nordin, 54, the high daily new cases and creeping number of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were her utmost worry, especially with most economic sectors still operating. "My husband and I both registered for the voluntary AstraZeneca vaccine and we got appointment slots in Kuala Lumpur. "I do not mind getting whichever vaccine as long as it is approved by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA).

Wearing Hogwarts robes and witches' hats, hundreds of Potterheads sipped Butterbeer and posed for photos in Hagrid's giant shoes as New York's long-awaited Harry Potter store, the biggest in the world, opened recently. "In my heart, I'm a wizard," said Suarez. I love everything Harry Potter," said Juarez, wearing the scarlet and gold scarf of the house of Gryffindor. The flagship store was due to open last summer but was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. For 19-year-old Alexandra Ewing, the wait for her first visit to a Potter store was worth it.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) has warned the public against Macau scam syndicates posing as tax officers, as there have been 556 cases recorded so far this year. Based on information from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) Macau scam cases involving scammers who posed as LHDN officers have resulted in RM15.26mil in losses from Jan 1 and May 27 this year. "The scammers will call victims and claim to be LHDN officers and tell them that their business or company has unpaid taxes. LHDN urged the public to verify any phone call, email or letter said to be from them. "They can either call Hasil care line or LHDN officers, whose numbers can be obtained via the LHDN website (www.hasil.gov.my) or go to the nearest LHDN office for verification.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): Media personnel registered under the National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme will receive their first dose on Wednesday, said the programme's Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said members of the media will receive their appointment date starting today. "Some will start receiving their appointment date today and vaccination will start on Wednesday. Last month Khairy announced that more than 5,000 media practitioners would receive their Covid-19 vaccination appointment date in June. On the issue of some senior citizens' refusal to receive the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, Khairy said he would advise them to take the vaccine that has been offered to them.

MELAKA: Police here are investigating to find out how six suspects managed to travel interstate to run an illegal online gambling operation here. Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Afzanizar Ahmad said the six, aged between 18 and 35 years, had rented a condominium unit at Klebang Kecil. ACP Afzanizar said the six took turns to operate the online gambling centre on a 24-hour basis. He said police raided the condominium unit at 5pm on Sunday (June 6) and also confiscated electronic gadgets found on the premises. He added that Melaka police had recorded 189 successes in thwarting online gambling activities since January this year.

"There's definitely some form of emptiness that was felt when that was said," Wong told CNN Business. But the incident made her realise that "we need to talk more about this", she told CNN Business. That was not the first hateful incident Zhang and his wife had encountered at their store, he told CNN Business. "The [store] I work at has a new manager and she refuses to speak to me," Sumy told CNN Business. "It makes me just really, honestly, feel very sad," she told CNN Business.