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“Space in the on-call rooms can’t accommodate so many of us, so some of us have to sleep in the car,” said a medical officer.

Now, ECM Libra Foundation and hotelier Ormond Group have come to the rescue. “All 130 rooms at the Tune Hotel PWTC — which is nearest to HKL — will be provided to medical staff of HKL. Staff staying overnight will be provided with complimentary breakfasts.”

Rented for: RM9,000 per month (around RM4.32 psf); Concluded by: Kevin Teh (REN 02206, 013 555 7333) of Propstar Realty; When: October 2019

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We have identified 26 hospitals, plus seven university hospitals, and, hopefully, they can manage and have beds for COVID-19 patients, as well as ICU beds for them.

Maybank said the temporary closing of branches is in line with the government’s MCO and to further safeguard its employees and customers from the risk of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The TTDI RA has mobilised funds from among residents of the township in Kuala Lumpur to provide assistance to longhouse residents in the form of shopping vouchers at local grocer Hero Market. Each longhouse family received a voucher worth RM50.

The face masks that Kenneth Chai’s Sarawak Project Open Air group can manufacture are N95, HEPA and P100 rated, and they meet Malaysian health safety standards.

A house in Taman Kulai Jaya in Kulai, Johor, was broken into by burglars, knowing the owners of the property were prohibited from coming home due to the MCO.

“It is my view that the IOC has decided to postpone the Games. They’ve fired the gun; now it is just a matter of putting shape to the exercise.”

The report quoted him saying the ministry is urgently addressing this, and three million PPE sets are already being distributed to the hospitals with 33 million more sets will be delivered later this week.

PPKM has appealed to the government authorities to provide urgent relief.