News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Despite 427 out of a total of 7,004 employees testing positive for Covid-19, Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd founder Tan Sri Lim Kuang Sia expects the impact to be less than 2% of the group's bottom line.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): The Social Security Organisation (Socso) HQ at Menara Perkeso has been closed since Monday until Friday (Dec 18) owing to the detection of a Covid-19 case, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 16): Mega Hollywood movie star Tom Cruise (pictured) “tore into workers” who were not keeping to Covid-19 physical-distancing rules at the film set for Mission: Impossible 7, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 15): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases climbed to 1,772 today — from 1,371 reported yesterday — staying at the four-digit level for six straight days as Kuala Lumpur registered the highest number of new daily cases at 696.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 15): The opposition failed in its attempt to thwart Budget 2021 as it was passed in the final approval stage in the Dewan Rakyat today via an en bloc vote.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 15): Former human resources minister M Kula Segaran (pictured) has called on the government to “work towards improving working conditions” for migrant workers Malaysia, FMT News reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): Malaysia today saw 1,371 new Covid-19 cases today, with Selangor contributing 532, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 84,846.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 14): Top Glove Corp Bhd reported on Monday that one of its workers died after infected Covid-19, the first death since an outbreak at its dormitories and factories.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 13): Malaysia’s number of newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases fell to 1,229 today, from 1,937 yesterday, while the number of deaths due to the pandemic dropped to four from nine.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 12): Malaysia reported today 1,937 newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases and nine additional deaths due to the pandemic, according to heath director general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.