News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Singapore would prefer a "step by step approach" to reopening the border with Malaysia, the republic’s Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan revealed today.

PETALING JAYA (June 24): Although some renowned fashion brands such as Zara and Esprit have announced store closures in Malaysia recently, occupancy rate into the second half of the year (2H 2020) is expected to be relatively stable for established malls in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced three new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases today, two of which involve foreigners, together with nine recoveries and no new deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd recorded a narrower net loss of RM4.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Ministry of Health has stopped using hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients, saying that the medication has proven to be ineffective.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Malaysia’s borders may reopen as early as during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), which is slated to expire on Aug 31, said the Health Ministry’s director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that there were 316 positive Covid-19 cases detected from the Pedas cluster in Negeri Sembilan up until noon today, out of 957 people who have undergone screening for the disease.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): As lockdowns in most countries in Asia-Pacific come to an end, commercial real estate investors are gradually shifting from asset management and rental abatement to planning market re-entry, according to CBRE’s Capital Market Viewpoint report titled “New buying opportunities whet investor appetite”.

PETALING JAYA (June 22): Hotel operators are seeing a slight recovery in the industry following the reopening of domestic tourism and after drastic cost-cutting measures by hotel operators, said Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 20): The number of active Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has dropped further to 289 as of noon today, the health ministry said.