News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) expects the number of daily Covid-19 cases to increase to 13,000 by June 14, 2021, according to a post on his Twitter page.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Malaysia posted another record high new Covid-19 cases with 8,290 infections, up from 7,857 yesterday, raising total cas4es to 549,514.

PUTRAJAYA (May 28): The Court of Appeal has granted a subsidiary of Singapore-based Hatten Land Ltd, MDSA Resources Sdn Bhd, an interim protection order to restrain its creditors from taking action against it.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Leaders of Penang’s manufacturing industry have declared their support for expediting inoculation efforts against Covid-19, but firmly stated that vaccination procurement should be left to the federal government.

PETALING JAYA (May 28): The Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia (REHDA) has urged the Government to amend the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (Covid-19) Act (Act 829) to suit current needs.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Malaysia, which is currently ramping up its vaccination efforts to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve, is expecting nearly 16 million more doses of vaccines in the next two months.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): The government may start imposing fines, and even resort to mandatory vaccination to ensure Malaysians do not skip their Covid-19 vaccination appointments, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba was reported as saying yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Malaysia registered a new daily high Covid-19 infections of 7,857 today — the third day in a row that infections have spiked — pushing the number of active cases to 69,408, according to Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Due to the good response of the AstraZeneca vaccine, the next batch of it will no longer be available on a voluntary opt-in basis.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar (pictured) has urged the federal government to impose a full lockdown if Covid-19 new cases show no sign of abating.