News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Tokyo (pictured) today saw another 463 new cases of Covid-19, marking another “single-day record”, reported Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Malaysia’s unemployment rate, which rose to 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) said there is no need to close schools and kindergartens in Kedah and Sabah, despite the re-emergence of Covid-19 cases there.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): YTL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust’s (YTL REIT) net property income fell 26.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Malaysia’s daily new Covid-19 cases fell to eight — from 13 reported yesterday — of which seven involved locals, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Australia’s state of Victoria has recorded 13 deaths and 723 new cases today, reported the BBC.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Senior Minister for Security Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Putrajaya is considering shutting down schools again in light of the case of a primary school student positive for Covid-19 in Sabah, FMT reported today.

PETALING JAYA (July 30): Malaysian showbusiness practitioners have seen their income badly impacted owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): The authorities have called on all those who have visited/eaten at a nasi kandar restaurant in Napoh, Jitra between July 13 and 24 to go for Covid-19 screening to make sure they are not diseased, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): The extension of the loan moratorium for targeted groups announced by the Government today has a “minimised” impact on the country’s banking sector, said MIDF Research economist Mazlina Abdul Rahman.