Its chief executive officer Mohd Salem Kailany said, so far one bank has agreed to cooperate with UDA Holdings in establishing the payment system but declined to elaborate further.

Wuhan reported a total of six new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday. There was another five cases reported on Monday.

A travel and cold-wear store owner in a shopping mall in Pulau Tikus who wanted to be known as Chong said it could have happened due to humidity.

The proposal, which the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee will review on Friday before a possible vote, could buy the tourist attraction enough time to stay afloat for another 12 months, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah said.

Of the 70, 13 were imported cases while 57 were local transmissions. One death was reported, bringing the total number of fatalities to 109, equivalent to 1.62% of the total number of cases.

He said although such a restriction is not provided under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, it is the family's responsibility to not expose the children to danger.

The country’s Department of Trade Negotiations said the pandemic caused people to stay home and thus increasingly demand dried and instant food that could be stored for a long period.

This latest study “may help explain” men’s greater propensity to Covid-19 infection.

More than 4.1 million people have contracted the disease

“The government must also ensure that there are sufficient rapid test kits made available for all the approved clinics to carry out the screening of workers.”