News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): “At least a dozen staff and several patients” at Hospital Serdang (pictured) were infected with Covid-19 this month, said a Malaysiakini report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): The Ministry of Health reported two new Covid-19 clusters in Kuala Lumpur with 146 infections, and another cluster in Sabah with 11 cases, as of noon today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Malaysia today logged 1,220 new Covid-19 cases, with 665 cases or 54% of the lot contributed by Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Dozens of hospital staff and in-patients at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) in Klang have tested positive for Covid-19 infection over the past two weeks, stated a report by Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): OKA Corp Bhd has temporarily shut its Senai factory in Johor after two of its workers tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Malaysia today recorded 1,295 new Covid-19 cases, as Selangor registered the highest number of new infections at 481, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Despite 427 out of a total of 7,004 employees testing positive for Covid-19, Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd founder Tan Sri Lim Kuang Sia expects the impact to be less than 2% of the group's bottom line.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): The Social Security Organisation (Socso) HQ at Menara Perkeso has been closed since Monday until Friday (Dec 18) owing to the detection of a Covid-19 case, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Mega Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise (pictured) “tore into workers” who were not keeping to Covid-19 physical-distancing rules at the film set for Mission: Impossible 7, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 15): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,772 today — from 1,371 reported yesterday — staying at the four-digit level for six straight days as Kuala Lumpur registered the highest number of new daily cases at 696.