Covid-19: Daily cases in Malaysia fall to 6,045 on July 4
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.
New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia above 6,000 for fifth straight day with 6,658 infections reported on July 3
KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Malaysia reported 6,658 new Covid-19 cases today (July 3), down from 6,982 the day before, although this was the fifth consecutive day that new infections stayed above the 6,000 mark.
Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate slipped to 236,196 doses on July 2
KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Malaysia administered 236,196 Covid-19 vaccine doses throughout the nation yesterday (July 2), down slightly from the 263,012 shots a day earlier, according to data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).
BNM announces enhancements to Covid-19 facilities for SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Bank Negara Malaysia has allocated another RM2 billion for the Targeted Relief and Recovery Facility (TRRF) to provide relief for those in the services sector, bringing the total allocation for the facility to RM6 billion, as part of a list of enhancements to the Central Bank’s initiatives for SMEs.
IGB Commercial REIT delays IPO listing, cuts size of institutional offering
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.
Malaysia reports 6,982 new Covid-19 cases, with Selangor and KL accounting for more than half
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): Malaysia reported 6,982 new Covid-19 cases, bringing total cases in the country to 765,949.
MBAM: Prioritise vaccination for construction industry workers
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).
MEF: EMCO could have been better planned
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The imposition of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in most parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur could have been better planned considering that they are highly populated areas and contribute 40% to national gross domestic product (GDP), said the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).
Govt receives first RM1.8b 1MDB payment from AmBank, says MoF
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) said the government had received the first payment from AMMB Holdings Bhd (AmBank) of RM1.
1MDB given more time to serve writs to defendants in main US$8b suit
KUALA LUMPUR (July 2): 1Malaysia Development Bhd and its four subsidiaries were given an extension of time by the High Court here today to serve writs of their US$8 billion suit to 15 defendants, including former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
