No more Aidilfitri visits after this
KUALA LUMPUR: Going into the second day of the month of Syawal today means that under the conditional movement control order (CMCO), people are no longer allowed to continue the tradition of Aidilfitri visits. As part of the move to curb the spread of Covid-19, the government has allowed the visits to be only on […]
60 new cases, 33 recoveries, no death
KUALA LUMPUR: Sixty new positive Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, including seven imported infections, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this brought the cumulative figure for Covid-19 cases to 7,245. The 60 cases reported as at noon today are higher than the 48 new cases reported over the same 24-hour […]
New cluster in Sepang Immigration Detention Depot
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected a new Covid-19 cluster, with six cases, at the Immigration Detention Depot (DTI) in Sepang, Selangor, making it the third cluster involving a DTI. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed this in his statement today. Yesterday, he had said that the MOH detected a new cluster […]
No new positive case, Serian turns green
KUCHING: Serian district was declared a green zone today after no new positive Covid-19 cases were reported in the last 14 days. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said only Kuching and Sibu remain as yellow zones with one positive case reported each in the past 14 days. Sarawak also recorded no new […]
Memo on Auditor General being Covid-19 positive
KUALA LUMPUR: The Jabatan Audit Negara (JAN) has confirmed that a memo which has gone viral saying the Auditor-General was tested positive for Covid-19 and would be quarantined in hospital was issued by him. However, JAN said it was meant to be an internal memo and not for sharing with external parties. The memo was issued […]
PM and 34 others on 14-day self-quarantine
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is among 35 people asked to self-quarantine at home for 14 days after an officer, who attended the post-Cabinet meeting chaired by the PM on Wednesday, tested positive for Covid-19. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said swab tests were conducted on […]
Girl who pedalled injured dad across India offered national team trial
DARBHANGA, India: A 15-year-old girl who pedalled her injured migrant-worker father more than a thousand kilometres across India after a coronavirus lockdown left them destitute has been invited to try out for the national cycling team. Jyoti Kumari rode a bicycle with her father, Mohan Paswan, sitting on the pillion and holding their belongings from […]
Renewal of taxi driver’s cards now allowed
PUTRAJAYA: Taxi drivers can now renew their driver’s cards by submitting relevant documents to the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) no later than July 1, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. He said the government has allowed this following feedback from the taxi drivers who have yet to receive their RM600 cash assistance including […]
Violating interstate travel ban due to excitement over Hari Raya Aidilfitri?
KUALA LUMPUR: With Hari Raya Aidilfitri tomorrow, many Malaysians were still determined to try their luck to sneak across state borders as they head for their hometowns. It is difficult to understand why there are still people who insist on violating the conditional movement control order (CMCO) despite the authorities issuing reminder upon reminder for […]
New drug can stop Covid-19 ‘without vaccine’ claim
A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested by scientists at China’s prestigious Peking University […]
