COVID-19: Daily recoveries top 200 for third time
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia’s daily recoveries from Covid-19 have topped 200 cases for the third time, with 202 patients discharged as of noon today, against 170 new infections.
Report: Almost a third of Americans believe COVID-19 created in laboratory
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A Pew Research Center survey revealed that third of Americans believe that COVID-19 was manufactured by people in a laboratory, The Guardian reported yesterday.
Hawker sees red over fake news of her testing positive for COVID-19
GEORGE TOWN (April 14): Her koay teow soup in Jelutong Market is known to be positively good but fake news of her testing positive for COVID-19 going viral on social media has impacted her business.
MCO violators to go straight to court from tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): From tomorrow, the movement control order (MCO) violators will be booked and brought straight to court, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today.
IOI Properties appoints Voon Tin Yow as CEO
PETALING JAYA (April 14): IOI Properties Group Berhad (IOIPG) has redesignated its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lee Yeow Seng as Executive Vice Chairman and appointed Dato’ Voon Tin Yow as CEO effective April 15, 2020.
Shelterless domestic violence survivors sleeping in cars during MCO: WAO
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A lack of shelters during the movement control order has forced some domestic violence survivors to resort to sleeping in their cars, said the Women's Aid Organisation, Malaysiakini reported today.
The Edge: More PPEs on the way to hospitals
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund will be delivering another batch of personal protective equipment (PPEs) to public hospitals in the country over the next two weeks.
EPF further extends deadline for employers' April 2020 contribution
KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is further extending the deadline for employers in Malaysia to remit their mandatory contribution for the salary month of March 2020 (April contributions) to April 30 from the previously announced April 24, following requests from employers for more time to do so.
No more finger or thumb scanning — how COVID-19 changes biometric, access card usage worldwide
Beyond the work-from-home orders to millions of office workers around the world, another major shift has impacted work trends following the Covid-19 health scare — the sudden avoidance and even abandonment of finger- and thumb-biometric scanning to mark staff attendance and ensure workplace security and hygiene.
'Empower' JMBs/MCs and building managers during MCO
PETALING JAYA (April 14): There are still grey areas when it comes to property management services for stratified properties as the country enters into its third phase of the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been extended until April 28.
