WASHINGTON, Dec 24 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday authorised American pharmaceutical company Merck's oral antiviral for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19, the second pill approved for treating Covid-19 following the one from Pfizer, Xinhua reported.

SHAH ALAM, Feb 8 — Police have crippled a drug smuggling and distribution syndicate after detaining two local and two foreign men in three raids in the Klang Valley on Wednesday (February 3).