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KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Ministry of Health (MoH) is aware of sporadic Covid-19 cases — or cases that are seemingly not related to the existing infection clusters — and have identified 207 of them.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The “20 visitors per home” rule for Hari Raya Aidilfitri is not an “absolute number”, and must also take into account the size of a home to make sure social distancing is followed, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) clarified today, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Malaysian Thoracic Society is urging the authorities to “encourage the use of face masks” as restrictions are eased with the conditional movement control order (CMCO), Malay Mail reported today.

PETALING JAYA (May 11): Former PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured) stated today that he resigned as chairman of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) on Feb 24 as it rejected him and went against his advice, The Star reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Malaysia recorded 67 new Covid-19 infections today, with the majority of them — 49 or 73% of the new cases — found among foreign nationals, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR: When gas began leaking from a nearby chemical factory and drifting towards his house in southern India, there were no warnings and no alarms, welder Elamanchili Venkatesh said, according to a Reuters report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Standard Chartered Malaysia (StanChart) has announced that it will be lowering its base rate and base lending rate by 50 basis points to 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): The Federal Territories Ministry will be starting a scheme to train Kuala Lumpur’s homeless (pictured) and provide them with jobs placements, the Malay Mail reported.

Most people would name Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), one of Malaysia’s top and earliest universities as the main landmark in Bangi, Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has assured that the country's healthcare system will be able to cope, should there be a surge in new daily Covid-19 cases.