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Of this, 206,757 jabs were given as the first dose while 133,286 people had received their second dose

Top Glove did not state the number of its factories affected by the temporary closure

Kuala Lumpur also saw a drastic increase in new cases with 1,550 compared with yesterday's 819

This was in line with the government’s target to administer an average of 300,000 doses per day in July and 400,000 doses per day in August.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba: This number involves the B40 Group who previously never knew they had non-communicable diseases such as diabetes (10.4%), high cholesterol (29.8%), high blood pressure (13.8%), mental problems such as depression (1.6%) and anxiety (1.4%) other than obesity problems and so on. Prior to undergoing the PeKa B40 health screening, they had never undergone such health screening, let alone seek follow-up treatment.

Apandi's counsel Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu: There are, however, no dates fixed for the mediation as [we are now in] lockdown. The documents ordered by the court to be handed by the defendants to my client had been done. The next case management is on Sept 29 via e-review.

In a note, analyst Chloe Tan said there could be a short-term recovery rally towards the fourth quarter of the year (4Q21) when the country attains herd immunity and as the economy reopens

The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract for the 10.95 megawatts plant was awarded by Solar Citra Sdn Bhd. 

Kayangan Kemas is a Grade 7 contractor registered with Construction Industry Development Board, and focuses on specialised buildings.

"The company is of the view that there are reasonable grounds to challenge the basis of assessment raised by the IRB."