AMONG the headlines for Friday, December 3, 2021, Malaysia reports its first case of the new Omicron strain of the coronavirus in a foreign student who returned to the country last month after visiting her family in South Africa.

Also, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) called for a nationwide protest on Friday against the rising number of violent attacks against doctors in the country.

This came after a student doctor at Kolkata’s NRS Medical College was attacked by a mob, leaving him with a serious injury.


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