The economy minister continues to attract criticism for claiming that government funds for schools and hospitals will be affected if a foreign entity is not brought in to run the airports.

Hospitals, especially in Dhaka, are struggling to find space for the high caseload of patients suffering high fever, joint pain and vomiting, health officials say.

The promise of 40 new hospitals in England by 2030 has been criticised as some of the proposals were for renovations of existing hospitals.

Israel has occupied the West Bank – now home to some three million Palestinians – since the 1967 Six-Day War, when it also seized the Gaza Strip, the densely populated coastal enclave it has since withdrawn from.

Sudan's health sector was already on the edge of collapse due to a lack of resources before the conflict, and it has been shattered by nearly two months of fighting between the army and the RSF across the country.

The problem is a lack of doctors, a shortage that is reaching crucial levels as India becomes the world's most populous nation.

Dr Zaliha Mustafa says the budget for this might reach a billion ringgit as it would require the upgrading of hospital infrastructure.

The Malaysian Medical Association says regular updates are needed as part of the country's push towards digitisation.

Doctors say their workload would be much lighter if they didn't have to struggle with outdated equipment.

As news of a deal spread, including a guarantee of better ratios of staff to patients, nurses in scrubs cheered and embraced each other outside the hospital buildings.

Patients are being treated in corridors and ambulances have been queuing to hand over patients to emergency wards, as doctors and nurses struggle to discharge patients amid a shortage of staff and beds.

China, which has pursued a strict zero-Covid policy that results in frequent snap lockdowns, has recently seen a surge in cases with more than 23,000 new infections - the most since April.