Of the 19 new cases, six were imported, while the remaining 13 cases were locally transmitted. Of the local transmissions, 11 cases involved Malaysians, while two cases involved foreigners.

“They are required to download the MySejahtera application and they will be monitored through this application.”

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin: “If we can all be disciplined, I believe that our control of the virus will continue and we can enter the normalisation phase after Aug 31 until a vaccine for Covid-19 has been found." 

With more relaxed conditions...

"The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, global lockdowns and advice against social gatherings have all contributed to making it operationally unsustainable for us."

At his daily briefing, Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced that today’s new cases brought the total number of cases in Malaysia to 8,303. Active cases stood at 1,551.

Property analyst Dr Azizul Azli Ahmad said the government’s move was to encourage people to invest their savings in property especially among young people and those who wanted to own their first home.

The return of the HOC was among the measures taken to boost the property sector under the Penjana Short-term Economic Recovery Plan announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday.

ExaStrata Solutions Sdn Bhd’s chief real estate consultant and chief executive officer, Sr Adzman Shah Mohd Ariffin, said the stamp duty exemption under the revived Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) would certainly boost the sales of new residential properties priced no more than RM2.5 milion.

“The total adjustments will be reflected in either the June or July 2020 bill."