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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22):  A total of 1,257 cases of Covid-19 has been noted among schoolchildren since the beginning of the third wave of the outbreak last month.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): A teaching intern at St Joseph's Institution International School Malaysia (SJIIM) (pictured) in Tropicana Indah, Petaling Jaya has tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The work-from-home (WFH) directive, which has been enforced starting today in areas under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), is to generally reduce physical interactions and the movement of people in high-risk areas, explained Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured) in his daily media briefing today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clarified that Muslim women wearing “niqab”, or veils covering the face called “purdah”, must still wear face masks to stem the Covid-19 pandemic, Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Malaysia recorded another 847 cases of Covid-19 and five deaths related to the virus today, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).

PETALING JAYA (Oct 22): An employee of SOGO Department Store at Central i-City in Shah Alam, Selangor was tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement released by Central i-City yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd, which is the Johor state government’s joint venture partner in the Forest City property project in Johor, had today issued US$1 billion worth of bonds, which will be listed on the Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) tomorrow.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 22): Up to 23 positive Covid-19 cases have been detected at the Pelangi Damansara flats here, reported Sinar Harian.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Retirement Fund (Inc), which is also known as Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (KWAP), said its service counters in Cyberjaya, Selangor, have been closed from today until Tuesday (Oct 27) following the government’s updated announcement on the conditional movement control order (CMCO) across Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): After the government enforced work-from-home (WFH) rules for employees at the management and supervisory levels across the private and public sectors in areas under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), and later amended the rules to allow only 10% of them to work on-site, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said the instructions seemed vague, difficult to follow and had generated confusion.