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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 2): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) should trim the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 bps to ease Malaysia's journey to economic recovery, as indicators hint at a rockier road ahead, said OCBC Bank.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Malaysia reported 22,070 new Covid-19 cases today, down from an all-time high of 24,599 yesterday.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccine doses administered climbed to 420,164 yesterday (Aug 24) from 396,578 for the previous day.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccine doses administered fell to 396,578 yesterday (Aug 23) from 441,100 the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 23,000 mark for the first time today, with 23,564 infections — up from yesterday's 22,948.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): The percentage of fully vaccinated Klang Valley adult population has reached 76% as of yesterday (Aug 19).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The country’s daily number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered inched up to 501,776 yesterday (Aug 16), from 415,875 the previous day, bringing the total number of vaccine shots given to recipients to 28.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Malaysia’s daily number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered fell to 415,875 yesterday (Aug 15), from 442,150 a day earlier, bringing the nation’s cumulative figure of vaccine shots given to recipients to 27.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases breached the 20,000 mark again, with 20,780 new infections reported today — its second-highest daily figure so far — up from 19,991 infections yesterday.