Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong: Simply refusing a driver the means to drive on the basis of their age or based on isolated or anecdotal evidence is discriminatory

98.5% of patients displayed mild or no symptoms

It is crucial for the stakeholders to understand the government’s fear factors and also to let the authorities know the consequences to the country if such stringent new rules are implemented.

Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar raised the issue during an audience with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob this morning

A head of research at a local investment bank said that any impact “will be short term in nature and only affect the appetite of the Mainland Chinese for properties, and not the health of the financial system itself”.

The government’s newly-launched “Rumah Ikram Keluarga Malaysia” aims to provide assistance to those who are struggling with rent and housing-related issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, with recipients being exempted from rent for six months and the waiver starting from the date they received the keys to their units.

Of the new deaths, 49 were brought in dead (BID) cases, raising the country’s cumulative BID tally to 4,887.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin: We do not want a situation where adults and adolescents are protected in a pandemic, but children are not.

“Insyallah, be patient. Just wait for a few more weeks and I believe 90% [vaccination] can be achieved for interstate travel to be allowed.”

In June, the Ministry of Health (MoH) had shortened the interval between the first and second doses for AstraZeneca vaccine to nine weeks from 12 weeks initially.