Daily Dose @ 5: COVID-19 cases in M’sia surpass 21,000 mark in single day, Australia’s capital Canberra to enter lockdown

AMONG the headlines for Thursday, August 12th, 2021, Malaysia made a new Covid-19 record with 21,668 cases in the past 24 hours.

Also, Australia’s New South Wales state government said today that extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, as the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant spreads into regional areas.

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