JAKARTA/BEIJING, Aug 11 — China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a late-stage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian state-owned peer Bio Farma.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — The government will no longer accept Rohingya refugees who enter the country illegally, and will instead deport them back to Bangladesh, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — The operations of the field hospital in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh have been discontinued since March, following the Covid-19 outbreak.

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — There were 93 new positive Covid-19 cases reported today involving only two Malaysians while the rest were foreigners, thus bringing the cumulative total to 7,970 while no deaths were recorded.

PUTRAJAYA, May 28 — Foreigners whose visa or social passes expired during the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) will not face any legal action, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, May 21 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected a new cluster of Covid-19 cases involving foreigners at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot.

DHAKA, May 4 — Bangladesh has sent a small group of stranded Rohingya refugees, who supposedly spent weeks at sea, to a remote island in southern Bangladesh amid calls from UN bodies for their refuge, reported Anadolu Agency.