News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7):  Sime Darby Property has temporarily closed its HQ (pictured) in Petaling Jaya after one of its staff working in the building tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Tung Shin Hospital found five of its patients positive for the Covid-19 virus today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases surged to 432 today — a new record high since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early January, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): Padini Holdings Berhad today confirmed that one of the staff at Brands Outlet in Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya, was tested positive for Covid-19.

PUTRAJAYA (Oct 5): Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri has tested positive for Covid-19, according to his Facebook posting today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz has said Malaysia's debt levels are set to rise as the country embarks on measures to support businesses and citizens to deal with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): An outlet staff in 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, was tested positive for the Covid-19, said the shopping mall management in a statement in its Facebook page today.

FRANCE (Oct 5): Paris-based Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, the founder of the luxury fashion house Kenzo, died in Paris on Sunday due to Covid-19, reported CNN.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases fell slightly to 293 today — from 317 reported yesterday, bringing the cumulative cases so far in the country to 12,381.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced three new Covid-19 clusters today, of which two were found in Kedah and one in Selangor, with a combined 16 confirmed infections.