News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): The Employees Provident Fund echoed Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s sentiment that EPF savings are for the future, and said that larger problems could arise in the future if its members are allowed to access their Account 1 savings to address the challenges they face due to Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia reported 799 new COVID-19 cases today — an increase from 649 yesterday — with three deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Robinsons, the retailer that has been in business for more than 160 years, is shutting all remaining stores in Malaysia and Singapore for good as it falls victim to the Covid-19 pandemic which has sharply reduced consumer demand.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has increased the bed capacity in hospitals and Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centres (PKRC) to treat Covid-19 patients.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): A two-year-old baby has been detected as Sarawak’s youngest Covid-19 case, the Borneo Post reported today.

PENANG (Oct 29): The Chinese Recreation Club Penang has detected a “confirmed Covid-19 case, according to a statement made by the General Committee of the club on its Facebook.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29): Anglican church services in Kuching have been suspended owing to the city being declared a Covid-19 red zone, reported the Borneo Post.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 44 positive Covid-19 cases were classified as brought in dead (BID), as they had died before they could be admitted into hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): Malaysia reported 801 new Covid-19 cases today, with eight deaths, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): Staff at the Royal Selangor Golf Club on Jalan Tun Razak are now being quarantined after contact with a member who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, Malaysiakini reported today.