News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Malaysia's Covid-19 cases declined to 12,541 today from yesterday's all-time high of 13,215, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PETALING JAYA (July 16): Retail mall and theme park associations urged the government to provide “vaccination dividend” to the people who have been vaccinated to enjoy more freedom to move and work.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Malaysia has granted conditional registration approval for the use of the Sinopharm and Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Covid-19 vaccines to curb the spread of the pandemic, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): The Federation of Malaysian Fashion, Textile and Apparel (FMFTA) claimed today the industry has been facing an estimated RM163 million worth of losses a day as operations in Malaysia were shut due to Covid-19 pandemic-driven movement restriction policies to curb the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 16): Malaysia administered yesterday (July 15) its highest daily number of Covid-19 vaccine doses at 460,158 compared 434,828 a day earlier (July 14), according to the latest updates on Twitter 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 (July 15): People over the age of 60 in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor who have yet to be vaccinated can walk in to any Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPV) for their jab without an appointment.

PETALING JAYA (July 15): Businesses in Asia-Pacific (APAC) are less likely to feel the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on their real estate portfolios, with only 14% expecting the pandemic to permanently alter their real estate strategies, according to Knight Frank’s global (Y)OUR SPACE 2021 survey, which features almost 400 international businesses with a combined headcount of over 10 million, providing an insight into the workplace strategies and real estate needs of global companies.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Global growth could add "several percentage points" and see benefits "in the trillions" if advanced economies release their extra vaccines to help developing countries whose reopening has stalled due to lack of vaccines, World Bank president David Malpass said.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases surged to a new high of 13,215 today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 15): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate exceeded 400,000 doses for the third straight day with 434,828 doses administered yesterday (July 14).