Global Covid-19 cases breach 8 million mark
NEW YORK: Global confirmed Covid-19 cases topped 8 million on Monday, reaching 8,003,021 as of 6.43 pm (local time), according to data compiled by the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Xinhua news agency reported that a total of 435,619 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed. The […]
Two new cases, lowest since MCO enforced
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded the lowest number of new Covid-19 positive cases Wednesday since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) with only two, neither being local transmissions. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two new cases took the cumulative number of infections in the country to 8,338, with 1,206 active cases […]
New cases back to double digits
PUTRAJAYA: The number of new Covid-19 positive cases dropped back to two digits Friday with 19, nine of them involving Malaysians. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said after 13 consecutive days of no Covid-19 related deaths, there was one reported yesterday, with the cumulative number being 116, or 1.4 percent of the total […]
RM5k fine for defying isolation
SIBU: A site supervisor who broke the Covid-19 quarantine order was fined RM5,000 in default two months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court today after he pleaded guilty yesterday. Magistrate’s Muhammad Faizal Che Saad passed the sentence based on public interest and the nature of the case. The accused, Jeffery Jambo Dana, 27, who was unrepresented, […]
93 new cases, two are local: Health DG
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 93 new positive Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, (June 3) involving two Malaysians and 91 foreigners. Thus, bringing the current cumulative total to 7,970 cases and with no deaths recorded. Health director-general, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said all 93 new cases were infected in the country. “From the 91 cases […]
Covid-19: 408 new cases in S’pore, tally surpasses 35,000
SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed 408 new cases of Covid-19 as of noon today, bringing the tally to 35,292. The republic’s Ministry of Health (MoH) said all the new cases involved migrant workers residing in dormitories and there were no cases in the community. The ministry, in a statement here, said it is still working […]
No soldier along border affected by Covid-19
SERIKIN (BAU): The welfare and safety of Malaysian soldiers on duty along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border is always a priority and to date none of them has contracted Covid-19. First Infantry Division Commander Major General Datuk Md Din Abu said that from the beginning of their operation to date, there had been no confirmed Covid-19 positive […]
Recovery rate exceeds 80 pct
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from May 16 up to 12.30pm yesterday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 7,000 and globally, the virus has infected more than five million people and caused over 300,000 deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are affected by […]
New cases remain at two digits
PUTRAJAYA: Forty new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported in Malaysia, among the lowest recorded since the imposition of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said 31 of the new cases are foreigners and there are no imported cases. “The number of positive Covid-19 […]
Using IR4.0 apps to combat Covid-19
BY KURNIAWATI KAMARUDIN KUALA LUMPUR: Industrial Revolution 4.0 applications are currently being deployed by several countries to track and contain the Covid-19 pandemic. China, for example, has been making use of its technological resources to devise more effective tools to study the novel coronavirus, as well as create innovative enforcement and disease monitoring applications, to […]
