News by Syafiqah Salim

This is mainly due to a shortage of raw materials and increase in housing demand in Australia, the US and other timber-consuming countries. 

This is the fourth time the country recorded more than 20,000 daily cases, with the previous record high of 20,889 infections posted on Aug 6

The planned diversification, the group said, is part of its long-term strategy to improve its financial performance by expanding its existing construction business and reducing its reliance on its existing core business

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 47% of the deaths comprised those that had comorbidities

Today's tally marked the third time that Malaysia has logged over 20,000 daily cases. These new infections came from the testing of 143,661 individuals nationwide, indicating a positivity rate of 14.46%.

... when more than half of the adult population in the states that are in the National Recovery Plan Phase One are fully inoculated. 

Fully inoculated individuals are defined as someone who has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines for more than 14 days.

Meanwhile, 7.038 million people or 30% of the adult population have received at least one dose of vaccine.

Another 210 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, lifting the country's total fatalities due to the pandemic to 10,389

Meanwhile, a total of 6.14 million people or 99.6% of the adult population in the three states — Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya — had received at least their first dose