Covid-19: Malaysia posts fresh record of 21,668 infections and 318 deaths on Aug 12
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): Malaysia today reported a new daily record of 21,668 Covid-19 infections, up from 20,780 yesterday and raising total cases to 1.
Continued reforms needed to improve Malaysia’s business environment, says OECD
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): While the Malaysian economy is on the road to recovery from Covid-19, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said risks still remain from the ongoing crisis, as continued reforms are required to improve the business environment further and accelerate digitalisation.
IJM bags RM258m contract for ECRL project
PETALING JAYA (Aug 12): IJM Construction Sdn Bhd , a wholly owned subsidiary of IJM Corp Bhd, has secured a RM258 million contract for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project located in Temerloh, Pahang.
Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases up at 19,991 with rare zero imported infections on Aug 10; daily deaths fall to 201
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Malaysia’s daily number of new Covid-19 cases rose to 19,991 today from 17,236 yesterday as the nation saw more infected individuals in places including Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor.
Economists: Job market recovery expected to be slow as Covid-19 persists
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 9): The rise in Malaysia’s unemployment rate to 4.
Dine-in is allowed in states in NRP Phase 2-3 but not encouraged, says PM
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): Individuals who are fully vaccinated are allowed to eat out in states that have moved into Phase 2 of National Recovery Plan (NRP), as the government eases the movement control measures from Tuesday (Aug 10).
Symptomatic hospital admission cases to be threshold indicator in National Recovery Plan, says Tengku Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): The government will be using the daily number of ‘symptomatic hospital admission cases’ in Category 3, 4 and 5 as a new threshold indicator, according to Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
Another record high as Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases hit 20,889 on Aug 6
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): Malaysia reported another record high of new Covid-19 cases as daily infections climbed further to 20,889 from yesterday's 20,596, according to Health director–general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Tun Mahathir chairs first Zoom meeting of Shadow National Recovery Council
PETALING JAYA (Aug 6): Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad held the first meeting of a Shadow National Recovery Council on Zoom last night.
Covid-19: Malaysia’s new daily cases top 20,000 for first time while death toll hits five digits on Aug 5
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 5): Malaysia's daily number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases climbed past 20,000 for the first time to a record high of 20,596 today — from 19,819 reported the day before — pushing further active cases to a new high of 217,061.
