Malaysian Women Suggested to Carry Condom - Health News

Malaysian Deputy Health Ministry urged every woman to carry a condom to protect against
HIV, a news report said.

“This is not to debate them but to protect them. Women are the first ones to get exploited by
their partners (whom are infected by HIV-positive)” Abdul Latiff Ahmad was quoted as saying by
Sunday Star Newspaper. “But this just a suggestion, it’s up to them”

Abdul latiff made remark to coincide with the International Aids Memorial day, which was
celebrated openly for the first time in Malaysia, in bid to reduce stigma for HIV-victim. In the
past the event was held behind closed door.

Last year, 745 Malaysian women were identified as HIV-positive and 193 were diagnosed with
AIDS, he said in the report. Officials have said nearly 81000 Malaysian have been infected with
HIV, less then 10 percent are woman, but the number is steadily rising.

Malaysian Aids Council president, Adeebah Kamarulzaman, was quoted as saying besides sex
workers, many women who contract HIV are housewives, were infected unknowingly by their
husbands. “It’s not that people don’t know that condoms can protect them. But there are some
men who don’t care to take precaution, even though they know they have HIV” she said.

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Malaysian Deputy Health Ministry urged every woman to carry a condom to protect against
HIV, a news report said. Abdul latiff made remark to coincide with the International Aids
Memorial day, which was celebrated openly for the first time in Malaysia, in bid to reduce
stigma for HIV-victim. In the past the event was held behind closed door.

 Background event

Last year, 745 Malaysian women were identified as HIV-positive and 193 were diagnosed with
AIDS, he said in the report. Officials have said nearly 81000 Malaysian have been infected with
HIV, less then 10 percent are woman, but the number is steadily rising.

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Malaysian Aids Council president, Adeebah Kamarulzaman, was quoted as saying besides sex
workers, many women who contract HIV are housewives, were infected unknowingly by their
husbands. “It’s not that people don’t know that condoms can protect them. But there are some
men who don’t care to take precaution, even though they know they have HIV” she said.

Stoner wins Catalunya Gand Prix - Sport News

Casey Stoner won the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday for his third victory in the MotoGP
championship this season.

The 2007 world champion overtook Jorge Lorenzo on the first lap and never looked back as the
Australian’s Honda proved too fast to catch on the 4.727-kilometer (2.937-mile) Catalunya
circuit. Lorenzo was second, 2.403 seconds behind. After five races, defending champion
Lorenzo holds a seven-point lead over Stoner. While american rider Ben Spies came in third for
his first podium of the season.

Stoner said: “Jorge got off to a good start and I had to wait until the end of the first lap to
overtake him and then he couldn’t stay with me, fortunately.”

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Casey Stoner won the Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday

 Background event

The 2007 world champion overtook Jorge Lorenzo on the first lap. Lorenzo was second, 2.403
seconds behind. Ben Spies came in third for his first podium of the season.

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Stoner said: “Jorge got off to a good start and I had to wait until the end of the first lap to
overtake him and then he couldn’t stay with me, fortunately.”

Jokowi's economic reboot stumbles on factories shut by Covid-19 outbreaks in

Indonesia - Economic News
JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Indonesia's efforts to revive the economy took a stumble as
coronavirus outbreaks forced factories in one of its biggest manufacturing hubs to shut.

South Korea's LG Electronics, and Japan's Suzuki Motor and NOK Corp were told to stop
operating their facilities in Cikarang, West Java, after more than 300 workers at the industrial
area tested positive for the new coronavirus. President Joko Widodo has sought to turn the
pandemic into an opportunity to set Indonesia on a path toward becoming a developed
country. He pledged to ramp up state spending after the economy fell into its first contraction
in more than 20 years.

Meanwhile, the new clusters and the rising number of infections may keep offices and factories
shut while consumers are opting to stay home. "The prolonged local outbreak remains a major
risk to the recovery, especially because economic centres are still hot spots," economists Euben
Paracuelles and Rangga Cipta, at Nomura Singapore, wrote in a report. "This will keep
household and business cautious even if no lockdown is reinstated."

Indonesia added more than 3,000 new virus cases on Friday (Aug 28), another record, with
South-east Asia's highest death toll at more than 7,000 people. The surge in new cases could
keep investors and Indonesians with higher spending power wary, said Mr David Sumual, chief
economist at PT Bank Central Asia. Spending by such consumers would otherwise bring a
significant multiplier effect to the economy as they make bigger purchases, he added.
Manufacturing contributes nearly 20 per cent to gross domestic product, while household
consumption accounts for about 60 per cent.

Capital Jakarta, which boasts the highest concentration of wealth, decided to extend social
distancing measures through Sept 10 and keep cinemas shut. "Testing, tracing and isolation
should become the basis for policy-making," said Ms Nurul Nadia Luntungan, a public health
expert at the Centre for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives. An on-off restriction
policy must be carried out until a vaccine is discovered, she said.

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Indonesia's efforts to revive the economy took a stumble as coronavirus outbreaks forced
factories in one of its biggest manufacturing hubs to shut.

 Background events

South Korea's LG Electronics, and Japan's Suzuki Motor and NOK Corp were told to stop
operating their facilities in Cikarang, West Java, after more than 300 workers at the industrial
area tested positive for the new coronavirus.

 Source

"Testing, tracing and isolation should become the basis for policy-making," said Ms Nurul Nadia
Luntungan, a public health expert at the Centre for Indonesia's Strategic Development
Initiatives.

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