News by syafiqah Salim

Bringing total cases nationwide due to the virus to 673,026

The issuance comprises a RM500 million five-year tranche and a RM300 million seven-year tranche, out of its newly established Islamic Medium Term Notes Programme of up to RM3 billion in nominal value.

PM said a total of 13.8 million individuals have registered for the vaccination so far, adding that the government's target is to ensure that at least 26 million Malaysians are vaccinated by the end of this year to achieve herd immunity.

Selangor topped the list again with most new Covid-19 infections at 1,996, followed by Sarawak (718) and Kuala Lumpur (650).

Selangor — the worst hit state — saw its number of new cases dropped to 1,523 today from 1,973 the day before.

Selangor saw a jump in the number of cases today to 2,558 from 1,510 yesterday

A total of 13,023 individuals had been screened, of whom 3,511 or 27% had been tested positive for the virus.

Until yesterday (June 9), Malaysia’s cumulative number of SARS-CoV-2 cases categorised under the VOC and VOI segments was 161.

Selangor today recorded 1,510 newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals compared with 2,291 yesterday.

Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said Selangor was previously allocated 17% of total nationwide vaccine procurements but with the delivery of more vaccines expected this month as well as the opening of new vaccination centres, the State will be able to handle more volume compared to previous months