Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ, LIEW JIA XIAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
AFTER the relaxation of Covid-19 prevention measures in China, the number of people infected with the virus surged, causing an increase in the sales of fever and anti-diarrhoeal medicines, Oriental Daily reported.
It was widely reported that the Omicron variant might cause diarrhoea. This led many people here to stock up on diosmectite, a type of anti-diarrhoeal medicine, causing a shortage in the market.
Many pharmacies in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen reported that the anti-diarrhoeal medicine for both adults and children was out of stock, leading to supply concerns. However, health experts reminded the people that the medicine might cause side effects.
Diosmectite is not a prescription drug and can be purchased freely over-the-counter as well as online.
A customer service worker said that more than 10,000 such products in their inventory were sold out and that they were anviously waiting for new stocks to arrive.
> Behind the dazzling beauty of Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai’s concert in Taipei Arena, there was a “heavy” price to pay, reported Guang Ming Daily.
Tsai dressed up in 11 different outfits for her concert, with more than 10 accessories for each look.
Due to the special material of the accessories, each set of clothes weighed between 5kg and 6kg.
For every set, it felt like a three-hour weight training for Tsai, who only clocks in at a petite 41kg.
Tsai’s manager revealed that after each performance, there were obvious marks on her forehead when she took off the headgear.
“She was in pain as her outfits were heavy.
“The weight affected her dance moves and limited the tempo she wanted to achieve in her performances,” she added.
Before ending her concert on Dec 31, Tsai said although she was going to spend New Year’s Eve with her fans, she woke up feeling very tired that morning.
“But when I saw the flowers given to me by my fans, I burst into tears,” she said.
She admitted that she had pushed herself too hard instead of having fun together with her fans to celebrate the occasion.
Tsai, who is known as the Queen of C-Pop, is the best-selling Taiwanese female recording artiste of all time.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.