News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 27): Medical authorities in China are now using anal swabs on its citizens deemed to have a high risk of contracting COVID-19, AFP reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 27): Employees at the Jaya Grocer outlets of Empire Shopping Gallery and Mutiara Tropicana have tested positive for Covid-19, said the retailer in separate statements.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose to 3,585 today, from 3,048 reported on Monday, marking the third straight day of cases staying above the 3,000 mark with 11 more deaths recorded.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): It will be “the most challenging couple of years” for property developers in Johor owing to the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, The Star reported Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) Johor saying today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The implementation of the second Movement Control Order (MCO 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): S&P Global Ratings expects Genting Malaysia Bhd’s (GenM) wholly-owned subsidiary Genting New York LLC to register a sharp recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic-driven shutdown as Genting New York operations are located at the heart of the metropolitan area in New York and has a low dependency on tourists for gaming revenue.

KUCHING (Jan 26): Sarawak health director Dr Chin Zin Hing revealed that a total of 53 medical personnel from four hospitals in the state have tested positive for Covid-19, reported Dayak Daily.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 25): Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah expressed his hope that the number of new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia will stabilise in two weeks, adding that the Health Ministry is targeting the country to record double-digit cases in May.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Nine new Covid-19 clusters have been detected by the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 24): Malaysia recorded 3,346 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 183,801 cases.