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“Malaysia is the largest producer of medical gloves in the world and we are duty bound to ensure enough gloves are supplied to the hospitals and to all healthcare givers, in their fight to stave off this pervasive virus. We are expected to deliver about 225 billion pieces this year, which is about 65 % of total world requirements of about 330 billion pieces.”

The victim was patient No 780, a Malaysian male aged 76 who  had attended the Tabligh assembly at the Sri Petaling Mosque.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: Teluk Intan Hospital has been closed for cleaning, disinfection and others, but it will reopen after that.

Customers can continue to use their credit card as per normal and pay their monthly credit card payments as normal

The donation was channelled to the Ministry of Health via Sungai Buloh Hospital, which has been facing an increasing number of cases.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said initial investigations indicated that of the 172 new cases, 71 were linked to the Seri Petaling mosque ‘tabligh’ cluster.

ABM said member banks are in full agreement of the intent of the moratorium which it believes is a necessary solution at this point.

In a statement today, MITI said the same applies to companies that have received the approval to keep their factory machineries in “warm idle” mode.

In a statement, MTUC said the central bank’s directive has brought huge relief, especially to individuals, many of whom are low salaried workers, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are going through tough times on account of the virus.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the Ministry of Health (MoH) has prepared 3,585 beds specifically for COVID-19 patients at these hospitals, with 34% of the total having been occupied so far.