News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The period between March 15 to April 20 this year saw 7,159 employees retrenched, the first five weeks of the movement control order (MCO), according to statistics provided by the Labour Department.

PUTRAJAYA (April 25): Malaysia may seem to gave a gotten a grip on the Covid-19 outbreak but the Health Ministry has warned complacency could bring about a new wave of infections, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat Covid-19, the BBC reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): It is perhaps the best time now to support local brands and retailers in light of the impact from the Covid-19 and Movement Control Order (MCO) on the retail sector in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): The Covid-19 pandemic has given shopping mall operators the opportunity to improve cost efficiency, according to three major  industry players who took part in EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Malaysia reported 88 new cases of Covid-19 today, the eight consecutive day with less than 100 infections.

PETALING JAYA (April 24):  No one would have anticipated the Movement Control Order (MCO) brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, not least shopping mall operators and their tenants.

  PETALING JAYA (April 24): While the Movement Control Order (MCO) in place in Malaysia to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak has boosted the growth of e-commerce, major mall owners do not foresee it replacing the physical brick-and-mortar shopping experience.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): Based on the ratio of retail space per person in the country, there is no overbuilding of shopping malls in Malaysia, stressed Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) president Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): Shopping malls in Malaysia are almost empty during the Covid-19 Movement Control Order which has been in place since March 18 and mall owners expect the next few months to remain challenging post-MCO.