What is the difference between the cold and COVID-19?

Common symptoms of a cold, such as sneezing, facial pain, and postnasal drip, are not typical symptoms of COVID-19. From what we have learned so far, the most common symptoms of the Coronavirus are tiredness, fever, and dry cough. Some patients also suffer from nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, diarrhea, or aches and pains.

The 11 primary symptoms of the virus are considered to be:'

• Coughing
  
• Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
  
• Tiredness and fatigue
  
• Fever or chills
  
• Muscle aches or body aches
  
• Headaches
  
• A sore throat
  
• Loss of taste or loss of smell
  
• Diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting
  
• Runny nose or congestion
  

People who play video games for long periods of time tend to report feeling happier than those who do not, a study has indicated.

The Oxford Internet Institute research focused on two games: Nintendo's Animal Crossing and EA's Plants vs Zombies.

In an unusual step, the developers of the games shared anonymised data about how long each participant had played.

These logs were then linked to a survey in which the players answered questions about their well-being.

A total of 3,274 gamers took part. All were over 18.

In previous research, data gathered about the duration of subjects' gaming sessions was based on self-reported "guesstimates", which can be inaccurate.


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PETALING JAYA: An analyst views former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s consistent support for a unity government as just a ploy to keep PKR president Anwar Ibrahim from ever becoming Malaysia’s prime minister.

James Chin of the University of Tasmania’s Asia Institute said, as long as Mahathir is still around, he will do his best to stand in the way of Anwar’s pursuit of helming the top post.

He added this could be traced to the fallout between the two in the 1990s when Anwar was Mahathir’s deputy in the government.

“It’s nothing to do with a unity government. It’s basically Mahathir’s personal agenda to make sure that Anwar doesn’t become the prime minister. There’s nothing more than that.


“Even if (Mahathir) doesn’t become the prime minister himself, it can be anybody else, except Anwar.

“Even the 2018 deal (when Mahathir and PPBM were a part of Pakatan Harapan) was done in bad faith. Mahathir never had any intention of letting Anwar take over,” he told FMT.

Universiti Malaya political scientist Awang Azman Pawi said Mahathir seemed to be “stuck in his own world” where no one else but himself was worthy of leading the nation.

He said Mahathir had moved to bring down Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak because they did not follow his wishes, even though he had chosen Abdullah as his successor and later gave his blessing to Najib.


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PETALING JAYA: DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang says the RM85.5 million allocated for the Special Affairs Department (JASA) is nearly as much as the total amount given to the department in four past budgets.

He pointed out that when JASA was under the watch of Umno leader Puad Zarkashi as its director-general from 2015 to 2018, the department received a total of RM97.4 million in the annual budgets.

Lim quoted an aide to former communications and multimedia minister Gobind Singh Deo as saying that one of its agencies, the information department, possessed sufficient staff, expertise and equipment to dispense government performance and policies to the ground.

“Can the Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz and the Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah then explain why there is a need to revive JASA?

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