News about COVID-19

PETALING JAYA (June 7): The 99-year old Coliseum Café at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (TAR), Kuala Lumpur has been closed down permanently this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 6,241 new daily Covid-19 cases, down from 7,452 yesterday, as Selangor continued to be the largest contributor with 2,178 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported another day of over 100 coronavirus-related deaths, with 109 fatalities recorded within the past 24 hours as of noon today, pushing the national death toll to 3,291.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has approved the clinical study of a new vaccine from China to be carried out in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (June 5): Hand sanitisers, masks, vitamin C, anti-bacterial products and “anything that is used for disinfecting” is selling well, Guardian Health & Beauty Sdn Bhd (Guardian) revealed in a report by The Edge Malaysia this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme is currently in “limbo” owing to the closure of borders brought about by the global Covid-19 pandemic plus the suspension of the scheme since last July, reported The Edge Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 5): Malaysia recorded 53,608 new Covid-19 infections in the week between May 29 and June 4 — the worst week ever.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): Malaysia logged 7,748 new daily Covid-19 cases today, down from 8,209 yesterday, taking cumulative confirmed infections above the 600,000 level to 603,122.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): Malaysia is looking at providing incentives to shore up registration for Covid-19 vaccination, which remains near 50% of the adult population.

Covid-19 has severely hit nearly every sector of economy across countries.