Development projects at 18 geosite locations in the Kinta Valley have been minimal and carried out with due care, said state Housing, Local Government and Tourism Committee chairman, Datuk Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi.

The government has decided to cap the retail prices of RON95 petrol and diesel at RM2.05 and RM2.15 per litre respectively, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Selangor reported the highest number of daily new cases at 1,757, more than double yesterday’s 862 cases.

"For the fourth week in a row, the number of global new cases reported fell, with 3.1 million new cases last week, a 17 per cent decline compared to the previous week," the WHO said.

Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin: The civil engineering subsector declined by 25.0 per cent, residential buildings subsector by 10.9 per cent and non-residential buildings subsector by 6.3 per cent.

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Apart from MySejahtera, they suggested other ways and methods should also be considered, especially for those who do not have access to the application.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba explained that the three-day quarantine currently only applies to Malaysian ministers “if they follow a strict rules during their overseas trips that minimises exposure to the Covid-19 virus”.

"We start with ministers first because it is easy to make an order before we open it up to the public... maybe businesspersons," he said.

Things are going to be different this year. With COVID-19 transmissions still rampant, we can forget about having big festive gatherings to usher in the Year of the Golden Ox.

The state of emergency gives the government unbridled power to implement measures such as curfews and travel curbs.