202: Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia COVID-19 cases breaches 7,000-mark, HK could bin millions of unused vaccine doses

<div>AMONG the headlines for Tuesday, 25 May, 2021, Malaysia’s Health Ministry announces another record daily for the country with 7,289 new Covid-19 infections within the last 24 hours.<br /><br /> </div> <div>Daily cases have been above the 6,000-mark for the past seven consecutive days, with the infection rate today breaching the 7,000-mark, bringing the overall total to 525,889 since the pandemic arrived in Malaysia.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Also, Hong Kongers may only have a three-month window before the city’s first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines go out of date, a member of the government's vaccine task force warned today. </div> <div> </div> <div>The vaccine hesitancy for both the Chinese Sinovac and German-made Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines has left officials' efforts slowing down, as they are counting on vaccination to reopen the economy.</div> <div> </div> <div>Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.</div> <div> </div> <div>We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.</div> <div> </div> <div>Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div>