News about response

SHANGHAI (July 12): China’s Ministry of Emergency Management has activated a Level-IV emergency response for flood control on July 11 as heavy rain is expected to lash parts of the country, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 489 today, from 691 reported yesterday, bringing cumulative cases in the country to 13,993.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): Malaysia reported 11 new Covid-19 cases today, seven of which involved Malaysians while four involved non-citizens, bringing the tally of cases to 9,317, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): There were no new red zones recorded as of noon yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Singapore, for months hailed at home and overseas as the “gold standard” for responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, on Friday moved to defuse escalating criticism over how it has handled a surge in infections within foreign worker dormitories that activists had earlier flagged as public health risks due to their cramped conditions, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) said today that investigations into the cause of the fire and explosion incident at its facility in Pengerang, Johor, is still ongoing.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the total confirmed cases to 129, from 117 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 28): More than 60 fire stations in the country are in dilapidated condition, revealed The Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): The Malaysia Property Expo Klang Valley 2015 (Mapex-Klang Valley 2015) here, the first of three series, received encouraging response, with over 50,000 visiting the three-day event which ended on Sunday.