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KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The Ministry of Health (MoH) will be increasing bed capacity and manpower, as well as outsource more non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals, in order to accommodate the influx of Categories 3 to 5 Covid-19 patients to the public healthcare system.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Malaysia reported 6,045 new Covid-19 cases today, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH), down from 6,658 cases the day before.

PETALING JAYA (July 3): The catalytic developer and master planner of Iskandar Puteri, Iskandar Investment Bhd (IIB), wants to attract investments in agriculture technology (agritech) and emerging technology such as drones, blockchain, artificial intelligence and virtual reality for its next phase of growth starting in 2022, The Edge Malaysia reported this week.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): IGB Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (IGB Commercial REIT) has postponed its planned initial public offering (IPO), after extending the closing date for the restricted offering to Aug 20 from July 6.

PETALING JAYA (July 2): The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) together with 35 associations in the construction industry is urging for vaccination priority to be given to construction industry workers and the building materials supply chain under Phase 2 of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Program (PICK).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Pakatan Harapan's presidential council has urged all Members of Parliament (MPs) to attend Parliament on Monday, July 19, if Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin fails to make any announcements related to the conference of Parliament by next Monday (July 5).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the government had received the first payment from AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank) of RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will call for a parliamentary sitting as soon as possible, before the Aug 1 end of the state of emergency.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The Ministry of Health (MoH) detected 28 new variant cases of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes Covid-19, between June 23 and June 30.

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