372: Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia surpasses 3,000 COVID-19 cases, N.Korea orders lockdown after confirming first COVID-19 outbreak

<div>AMONG the headlines for Thursday, May 12, 2022, Malaysia’s daily COVID-19 infections continued to rise, as a total of 3,321 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.</div><div><br /> </div> <div>Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said about 1,416 people recovered from the disease yesterday.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Meanwhile, another eight COVID-related deaths were recorded, including three classified as brought-in-dead.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <br /> Also, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un declares a 'serious emergency', ordering ‘strict lockdowns’ across the country, as it reported its first Covid-19 cases earlier today.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>According to officials, samples taken from patients who were down with fever in Pyongyang showed a sub-variant of the omicron virus, also known as BA.2.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> </div> <div>Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> </div>