News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Malaysia's daily number of administered Covid-19 vaccine doses fell to 321,349 yesterday (Sept 3) from 369,280 the day before, according to the latest updates on Facebook today by the country's Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported a total of 19,378 new Covid-19 infections as of noon today, down from 20,988 on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Three months after the number of active Covid-19 cases climbed above 100,000, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah yesterday acknowledged there is a severe shortage of beds in the intensive care units (ICU) at public hospitals.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose to 20,988 today, after falling to a nine-day low of 18,762 yesterday, said the Health Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Mega China developer Country Garden Holdings has reduced “its workforce and sales team” in Malaysia “by two-thirds over the past two years,” according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): YTL Hospitality REIT is currently on the lookout for quality assets amid the industry downturn led by the pandemic, and does not rule out potential acquisitions in the near-to-medium term with the emergence of yield-accretive assets, analysts said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Johor administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccine doses yesterday (Sept 1), followed by Sabah and Perak.

More Granular Data and Faster Data processing is needed for COVID-19 related policy guidance and faster economic recovery Even though dining-in in the Phase 1 states including the Klang Valley since the 20th of August, many restaurants still don’t allow dining in because (i) not all of their workers have been vaccinated (ii) the number of cases in the community is still high so operators are concerned that they and their staff would face a higher chance of infection (iii) customers are still concerned about dining-in because of the high number of reported cases (iv) SOPs on dining-in were not clear (v) it may take some time for restaurant operators to rehire staff which they have let go during MCO 3.