News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 18): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases soared to 95 today — from 21 reported yesterday — with one new fatality in the country as at noon today.

The Covid-19 outbreak has changed the game rules, and the conventional labour intensive way might not be feasible in the future.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 17): Malaysia today reported 21 new Covid-19 cases — of which five were imported and 16 were local transmissions — bringing the total positive cases detected so far to 10,052, according to the Ministry of Health.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Malaysia reported today 62 new Covid-19 cases, which bring the cumulative number of infected individuals in the country so far to 10,031, health director general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said via Twittter.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Hotel and resort operator Avillion Bhd’s external auditors have red-flagged the loss-making group's ability to continue as a going concern, as its current liabilities have exceeded its current assets.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Malaysia today reported 23 new Covid-19 cases — of which 10 were imported and 13 were local transmissions — bringing the total positive cases detected so far to 9,969, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13): The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 47 new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia today — slightly lower than the 58 new cases recorded yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 9,915.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): Malaysia recorded 58 new Covid-19 cases today, with 48 of them coming from Sabah, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have given struggling grocers a second wind of sorts.