375 new nationwide cases today
KUALA LUMPUR: All states except Perlis recorded new positive Covid-19 cases today bringing the total number of new cases to 375, including the emergence of five new clusters, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said of the total, 371 were local transmissions and the other four were imported cases, […]
‘Aye’ to travel ban to and from Sabah
BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The spike in Covid-19 cases reported nationwide has resulted in a travel ban from Sabah to Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and Labuan from Oct 12 until Oct 20. The ban was announced by Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob recently. However, special exemptions will be […]
691 new cases recorded
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded its highest-ever daily figure of new Covid-19 cases today, with 691 cases reported over the past 24 hours, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that in line with the sudden spike, the total number of active cases also increased to 2,936. The latest development also sees the […]
No lockdown, targeted enhanced MCO instead
KUALA LUMPUR: The government does not intend to impose a total lockdown despite the latest surge in Covid-19 cases. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said instead the government would implement targeted enhanced movement control order (MCO) at identified areas with high Covid-19 cases. The Prime Minister said if the government were to reintroduce a national lockdown, […]
Selangor worse off than Sabah
KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor has recorded a 1.95 Rt, much higher than Sabah, following a surge in daily new infections from two to three cases to 10 to 15. An Rt value indicates how fast Covid-19 is spreading. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said it took into account the magnitude of the change […]
What’s life like after the RMCO?
BY ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP As expected, the recovery movement control order (RMCO) has been extended until the end of 2020 because there are still Covid-19 cases in the country. Everything is still under control but with new clusters emerging, it is proving to be a challenge for the government to curb the spread of the disease. […]
Temporary lockdown for hospital ward
SIBU: One ward at Sibu Hospital was put on lockdown on Friday (Sept 11) following a suspected Covid-19 related case. The lockdown was imposed from before noon until 6.45pm when this report was filed. It is learned that the patients in the ward were getting uneasy over the unexpected lockdown. A few patients’ family members […]
Entry ban on countries with over 150k cases
PUTRAJAYA: The government will impose an entry ban on citizens of countries recording more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19 starting next Monday (Sept 7), Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced. He said among the countries in the list were the United States, Brazil, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia […]
Back to a low record
KUALA LUMPUR: Only one new case of Covid-19 was reported in Malaysia yesterday, matching the record low achieved on July 1, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said this brings the total number of positive cases to 9,002, including 193 active cases with infectivity. “Only one new case was reported […]
307 new cases in S’pore
SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed an additional 307 cases of Covid-19 yesterday, bringing the total to 52,512 cases to date. Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MoH), in its brief noon data released here, said the vast majority of the cases were foreign workers residing in dormitories. Based on its investigations so far, the ministry said there […]
