News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): Malaysia today recorded 1,870 new Covid-19 cases with six more deaths, pushing the cumulative confirmed infections in the country to 110,485, and the death toll to 463.

BEIJING (Dec 30): After reported double digit local transmitted cases, the Chinese capital of Beijing has conducted mass testing and lockdowns of some residential areas as preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, reported Straits Times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Daily new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia went up again today to 1,925 from 1,594 yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Dec 29): The most populous county in the United States - Los Angeles, has seen nine to ten people tested positive for Covid-19 every minute, reported the Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 29): Genting Malaysia Bhd’s (GenM) operating unit Resorts World Genting (RWG) said in its latest notice that it remains open, and that the hotel and casino operator is not operating in the affected area where an enhanced movement control order (EMCO) is being implemented — at the Amber Court and Ria apartments — until Jan 6 to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): A foreign worker dormitory of Lii Hen Industries Bhd in Muar, Johor has been put under Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) after seven of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia rose to 1,594 today from 1,196 reported on Sunday — marking the 19th straight day of four-digit increases — pushing the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country to 106,690.

Sydney (Dec 28): Amidst of the Covid-19 pandemic, major global cities are opting to scale back New Year’s Eve celebrations to curb the spread of the contagious disease, reported foreign wires.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): The spiking number of Covid-19 cases recently has bogged down current medical system, thus those tested positive for Covid-19 but are asymptomatic are advised to be isolated at home while waiting for the health offices to arrange for transportation to hospitals, reported Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 27): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 1,196 today compared with the record 2,335 reported yesterday, but the number of active cases — patients who carry high transmission risk — currently stands at 20,233 cases, after it passed the 20,000-mark yesterday.