Barbed wire around Pudu for Covid-19 screenings, not EMCO: Police
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Pudu was cordoned off early this morning as authorities upped Covid-19 screening efforts in the area, the Malay Mail reported today.
SP Setia 1Q net profit down 62% as MCO hits property, construction segments
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Property developer S P Setia Bhd saw its first-quarter net profit drop 62% year-on-year (y-o-y) on lower earnings from its property development and construction segments, partly due to the Movement Control Order (MCO), which led to closure of sales offices, construction sites and social activities, resulting in disruptions to the operations of its businesses.
Covid-19: MoH reports 40 new cases today, mostly involving foreign nationals
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 40 new cases today, bringing the total infections in the country to 6,819.
Federal Govt Gazette: What's allowed and what's not under the CMCO
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Under the more relaxed conditional movement control order (CMCO) that will be enforced from May 13 till June 9, lawmakers and assemblymen will be allowed to attend Parliament or state assembly sittings.
Hatten Group to cut jobs, staff salaries, close unprofitable units
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Hatten Group will be closing its non-performing business units, which would see affected employees being placed on temporary lay-off scheme until the global economic situation recovers, upon which the company will arrange for their potential return.
Covid-19: Chicken samples from Pedas factory test negative for virus
PETALING JAYA (May 14): "Whole chicken" samples obtained from the poultry processing factory in Pedas, Negeri Sembilan have tested negative for the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease, The Star reported today.
Specialists call for review of decision to allow gatherings during festive season
PETALING JAYA (May 14): A group of medical specialists, the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AMM), have called on the government to review the relaxation on its policy for small gatherings under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) over the Hari Raya Aidilfitri season, The Star reported today.
Ex-security guard with Covid-19 died on a 372km walk home
KUALA LUMPUR (may 14): A 30-year-old man who was found dead with Covid-19 infection in Rompin was supposedly walking from Segamat, Johor, to Kuala Terengganu when he collapsed and died, according to an undertaker who managed his final rites, Malaysiakini reported today.
Another Melaka hotel to shutter
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): The 228-room The Emperor Hotel Melaka (pictured) will cease operations, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing movement control order (MCO) that was imposed, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.
Health DG warns of exponential surge of Covid-19 cases in June if Malaysians do not comply with SOP
KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Ministry of Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) has warned that Malaysia may see an exponential surge of Covid-19 infections in mid-June if Malaysians do not comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP) under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).
