Total number of cases goes over 51,000
WEEKLY ROUND-UP KUALA LUMPUR: Starting with just three positive cases that were reported on Jan 25, Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 cases have now gone past the 51,000 mark while active cases have reached a new high of over 13,000. Yesterday, 1,290 new cases were recorded, bringing the nation’s total Covid-19 infections to 51,680 and active cases […]
Sabah still major contributor to new cases
WEEKLY ROUND-UP BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This week, Sabah continued to be the major contributor to daily new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia where total case numbers have exceeded 36,000 some 10 months after the pandemic hit the nation. With daily new cases during the week under review hovering between 600 and 1,000, they exceeded the […]
PM inspects East Malaysia-bound materials
CRITICAL SUPPLIES SUBANG: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) air base here inspecting preparations and critical supplies to be sent to Sabah and Sarawak for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Muhyiddin was received by Air Force chief Jen Tan Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad when he arrived at the […]
CMCO lowers daily new case numbers
WEEKLY ROUND-UP By Melati Mohd Ariff This is a round-up of COVID-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 24 up to 12.30pm today. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 30,000. Globally the virus has infected more than 45 million people and caused over a million deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are […]
Not our workers, says SGH contractor
KUCHING: The contractor for the Sarawak General Hospital extension project – Weida Works Sdn Bhd and Weida Kayangan Sdn Bhd have clarified that the recent Covid-19 cases identified as Cases 756 and 757 are not their site workers. “Cases 756 and 757 have contacted us expressing their wish to work at our site,” they explained […]
SMK Bandar Bintulu reopens this Monday
BINTULU: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bandar Bintulu will be reopen this Monday (Oct 19), after it was forced to close for a week due to a Covid-19 case detection at the school. The school’s principal Patrick Philip Moss said Bintulu Division Health Office has carried out disinfection work at the school last Monday (Oct 12). […]
New cases remain at three digits, six deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country in the last 24-hours remained at three digits with 354 cases recorded, while six deaths were reported. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the case tally now stood at 14,722, with 3,863 active cases. The majority of new infections were in […]
Ban gatherings but business hours stay
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & NIA NATASHA HASENAN KUCHING: The sudden spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has everyone worried, with the numbers back in triple-digits. Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has again reminded the people to work together to break the infection chain. “We have now entered […]
Covid-19 Weekly Roundup October 3-9
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 3 up to 12.30pm Thursday. KUALA LUMPUR: This week, daily new Covid-19 cases rose in numbers never seen before in this country, with the highest – 691 – recorded on last Tuesday. Three states, Sabah, Kedah and Selangor, continued to […]
DAP Sarawak suspends all activities
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak is suspending all its political activities involving human contact with effect from Friday until Oct 18, in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases. Its chairman Chong Chieng Jen said that walkabouts in public places, public talks, and gatherings (be they small or large) will all be suspended until […]
