PUTRAJAYA – Consumers in areas currently placed under Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) are being encouraged to shop online to help curb the spread of the Covid-19 infections. According to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, the move can also limit crowd gatherings and movement of individuals in places such as restaurants, malls and others. …

METRO MANILA – The Philippine Red Cross announced that they will be halting its screenings funded by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. after the agency were unable to settle the balances to the organization over P930 million balances. Chairman Senator Richard Gordon said that the agency cannot afford to have almost a billion pesos in unpaid balances as they are …

Indonesia plans to start administering coronavirus vaccines by depending on supplies from Chinese drugmakers at the beginning of November, as the fourth most populous nation in the world is fighting a health crisis that may lead to the first recession in more than two decades. The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs announced that CanSino Biologics, the first Chinese …

KUALA LUMPUR – Sime Darby Property has temporarily closed its HQ in Ara Damansara here for disinfection after one of its employee tested positive for Covid-19. The employee had been in the office until last Friday, he currently being treated and monitored at a hospital. Sime Darby Property said in a statement,  that all employees based at the headquarters have …

PETALING JAYA – The Prime Minister’s Office explained today the the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin did not breach the the Health Ministry’s orders of quarantine as he has been tested negative for Covid-19 today hence does not required to wear a quarantine band. PMO further explains that the Health Ministry did order the prime minister to wear a …

KUALA LUMPUR – Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged Malaysians today to be united against the common enemy of Covid-19 amid the recent spike in transmissions in the country. In three consecutive Facebook posts today, he said that Malaysians should not let the frontliner’s effort goes to waste and must be united to fight the common …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry announced 432 new cases of Covid-19 today, the country’s biggest daily spike in infections as minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad tested positive and  the Cabinet being placed on house isolation. 429 out of 432 new cases were local transmission. According to the statement released by Health Director-General Tan Sri Datuk Noor Hisham, he said that …

KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri yesterday has admitted that to being tested for Covid-19 after the Ministry of Health confirmed that two indivuals who attended Prime Minister’s Department meeting last Sunday also tested positive for the virus. In a media statement today, Zulkifli said he is currently being treated …

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to chair a special meeting on Covid-19 today, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa confirmed after the country recorded a record high of 287 cases. Yesterday’s Covid-19 recorded cases is the highest number of infection recorded in a single day since the outbreak started in the country. Umno …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia recorded  287 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Oct 2), the highest daily increase since the country started tracking the spread of the virus. The surge of recorded infections comes after people travelled in and out of Sabah for the state election. The total tally now stands at 11,771 cases including 10,014 and 136 deaths. According to …