[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: In its efforts to promote a strong domestic bond market, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) also buys bonds on the market if necessary and under certain conditions, says Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. (pix). “Overall, this measure has provided an additional RM 54 billion of …
Read More »No more home quarantine after returning from Singapore, says health minister
[ad_1] Malaysia and Singapore allowed travel between the two countries on August 17 under the Periodic Transfer Agreement. (File image) PETALING JAYA: The government will no longer allow Singapore travelers under a bilateral travel plan to undergo home quarantine after a returned Malaysian tested positive for Covid-19. According to a …
Read More »No more home quarantine for PCA travelers
[ad_1] KOTA TINGGI: The government will no longer allow travelers entering Malaysia under the Periodic Displacement Agreement (PCA) to be quarantined at home, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Adham Baba. He said this came after a Malaysian traveling back to the country through the PCA tested positive for Covid-19. …
Read More »Brunei among the 50 best places to live during Covid-19
[ad_1] BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept.6 (Borneo Bulletin / ANN): Brunei is in the top 50 globally in terms of the safest places to live during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study by Deep Knowledge Group late revealed. August, a consortium of businesses and nonprofits owned by Deep Knowledge Ventures, a Hong …
Read More »Covid-19: Malaysia reports the lowest number of recoveries since RMCO
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (September 6): Malaysia recorded six new Covid-19 cases and two recoveries in the 24 hours to noon today, bringing the number of active cases to 154. The two recoveries marked the lowest number of cases discharged in one day since the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) was …
Read More »Australia will receive first batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in January 2021 – PM to say
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will receive the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca in January 2021 if the trials are successful, after Canberra agreed to a deal to buy a second potential vaccine, it said on Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Australia …
Read More »New case of Covid-19 in Penang takes the city out of the green zone
[ad_1] A patient with acute SARS infection has been transferred to Penang General Hospital. PETALING JAYA: A new Covid-19 case was reported today in George Town, removing the northeast district of Penang Island from the green zone two days after the state was declared infection-free. Lam Wah Ee Hospital confirmed …
Read More »The last Covid-19 patient in Penang initially sought treatment at Lam Wah Ee Hospital
[ad_1] GEORGE TOWN: The new Covid-19 case recorded in Penang involved an 89-year-old patient who was detected with a severe acute respiratory infection (Sari) at Lam Wah Ee Hospital here. The patient was initially admitted to the accident and emergency (A&E) for acute gastroenteritis on Saturday (September 5). “Our ER …
Read More »Singapore registers 40 new cases, 13 imported
[ad_1] SINGAPORESingapore preliminarily confirmed an additional 40 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the republic to 57,022. “According to our investigations so far, there are four cases in the community, all of which are bearers of work passes,” said the …
Read More »6 new Covid-19 suitcases | Malaysia free today
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health reported six new Covid-19 infections today, bringing the total number of cases to 9,397. The six positive cases include three imported cases and three local broadcasts, the Health Ministry said today in a tweet. Today there were no new deaths, and the country’s …
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