PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia remains in a critical state despite the reduction in daily Covid-19 case numbers, says the Health Ministry. In his daily Covid-19 update on Tuesday (June 8), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has warned Malaysians not to get complacent as the pandemic situation is still serious.

PUTRAJAYA: Another 76 people in Malaysia have succumbed to Covid-19, says the Health Ministry. In his daily Covid-19 updates on Tuesday (June 8), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country’s death toll has risen to 3, 536. Selangor reported the most number of deaths with

JOHOR BARU: The government has set a target to vaccinate at least 200, 000 individuals a day from next month, before increasing it to 300, 000 a day in August, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme coordinating minister said among the measures that would be taken to achieve

AIA Malaysia has offered Malaysians Covid-19 vaccine complications cover and diagnosis cover at no additional cost. It said the two latest offerings from AIA further extend the insurer’s dedication to providing holistic propositions to lessen the health, wealth and protection anxieties of Malaysians amid the pandemic. For free Covid-19

The decision of the speakers of the lower and upper houses to exclude the opposition from the new hybrid Parliament special committee has drawn flak from DAP. DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said this was a violation of parliamentary conventions and an abuse of power. “Opposition MPs are…

KUALA LUMPUR: Ninety-eight crewmen of the Royal Malaysian Navy ship KD Mahawangsa have tested positive for COVID-19, Malaysia’s Ministry of Defence confirmed on Tuesday (Jun 8). Senior Minister of Defence Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the crew took antigen rapid tests before boarding the ship, but were confirmed to be

KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor’s ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah expressed shock that the state had only received 615,210 COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Jun 1. In a statement released by the ruler’s private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani on Tuesday (Jun 8), the sultan said the distribution ratio of

The worsening Covid-19 pandemic will likely further threaten the unity of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, said Fitch Solutions in a Country Risk & Industry Research report. Malaysia already has elevated political risks but it is becoming worse due to a perception that the government has failed to contain the

BEIJING (Global Times): China has begun to allow those aged between three and 17 years old to get shots of Covid-19 vaccines, making it the first country to approve these vaccines for such a young age group. Chinese observers said the country will follow the plan step-by-step out of safety

KUALA LUMPUR: Trading in the securities of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK), IJM Corporation Bhd and IJM Plantations Bhd has been suspended at 2.30pm on Tuesday. According to their statements to Bursa Malaysia, the voluntary suspension was pending an announcement. The shares rallied in the morning session ahead of

A group of more than 80 organisations, civil societies, associations as well as 71 individuals today sent Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin a petition urging him to stop the mass arrests of undocumented migrants. “We, from the various organisations that have signed this petition, view the current approach of arresting and

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Finance (MoF), under the recently launched MyDigital, will ensure that payments for all government services will be made on cashless basis by 2022, its Minister, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said. He said this will lead to higher transactional security, better coordination, enhanced communication

Sultan denounces ‘unfair’ share of vaccines for Selangor Updated 7 hours ago · Published on 8 Jun 2021 12:15PM · Share this article × IT is “unfair” to allot only 600,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the country’s most populous state, said Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said today.

KLANG: Selangor’s Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah is shocked that Selangor only received 615,210 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and not 2.9 million as claimed, as it is highly disproportionate to the state’s population of 6.5 million. “His Highness would also like to remind that Selangor is

Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has expressed shock at the low and “unfair” number of Covid-19 vaccines supplied to the state. The monarch thus hoped that the federal government’s Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) would expedite vaccine supply…

PETALING JAYA: The infectivity rate for Covid-19 infections throughout the country has fallen below one on Monday (June 7), says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic). In a tweet on Tuesday (June 8), Dr Noor Hisham said the infectivity rate currently stands at 0.97 for the

PETALING JAYA: Why doesn’t our RM70 million National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme’s (NIP) have data integration and appointment system basic data management capability? This question was posed by Bakri MP Yeo Bee Yin(pix) who pointed out that this process can be done with simple filter, sorting and logic

PORT DICKSON (Bernama) — Muhammad Haidir Rodzi still remembers his mother’s message clearly, that he should look after his four younger siblings, before being admitted to the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) due to Covid-19. Muhammad Haidir, 23, said it never crossed his mind that the

SHAH ALAM: Several senior citizens who turned up for their vaccination appointments at the Setia City Convention Centre here didn’t want the vaccine offered to them and wanted others instead, says the centre’s spokesman. The spokesman of the vaccination dispensing centre (PPV) management here said those who wanted

Good morning, here’s what you need to know today. Key Highlights Agong to meet political leaders The Yang di-Petuan Agong is expected to meet the leaders of major political parties beginning tomorrow. The move comes less than two months before the state of emergency is set to expire. Government

BEIJING – The crisis in Myanmar was high on the agenda at a meeting between the foreign ministers of Asean and China in the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing on Monday (June 7), with at least three ministers voicing their concern at the lack of progress in the peace process. In

PETALING JAYA: Two opposition MPs have questioned immigration authorities over the use of a disinfectant spray on undocumented migrants, calling the practice “inhumane” and “degrading”. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii urged the authorities to explain the reason for the actions, captured in a video clip showing disinfectant being sprayed

Several health experts have taken to Twitter to condemn authorities for spraying disinfectant on undocumented migrants during a raid last night. This came after authorities purportedly sprayed Dettol disinfectant on immigrants arrested during the raid in Cyberjaya as well as Immigration Department officers participating in the raid. “This is completely

PETALING JAYA: Failing to update your health status in the MySejahtera app is not an offence but doing so is the responsible thing, says Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. “While not updating the application of your status is not an offence, we must also have integrity and

KUALA LUMPUR: Some private hospitals in the country have started administering Covid-19 vaccine doses to the general public today following the government’s decision to allow private hospitals to be used as vaccination centres, in phases two and three of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. In Penang, three private hospitals