Malaysia – Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan (PPN) will be shifted to Phase Four effective Nov. 8 for the states of Perlis, Perak, Penang, Sabah, and Kedah, according to Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. After considering the current risk assessment performed by the Health Ministry (MOH) and the National Security Council (MKN), the Special Meeting on …

Datuk Rosol Wahid, the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs stated that the government is contemplating imposing new regulated pricing on the Covid-19 self-test kits sooner than the previously scheduled date of December. He said that talks on the subject were now taking place with a number of different parties. In addition, Rosol said that the gradual re-opening …

Around 100 teachers in Terengganu have refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said today. He said that the figure represented a tiny fraction of the total number of teachers employed in the state. Following the opening ceremony of the 14th State Legislative Assembly’s Fourth Term at Wisma Darul Iman here, he told …

Malaysia received RM7.7 billion in net foreign capital inflows in August 2021, the highest monthly net inflow since June 2020, according to Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. Foreigners bought RM6.6 billion in ringgit bonds (RM3.6 billion in July 2021) and RM1.1 billion in Malaysian equity (July 2021: -RM1.3 billion). According to the finance minister, the National …

A letter of intent (LOI) has been signed by MY E.G. Services Bhd for the procurement of 10 million doses of Anhui Zhifei Biopharmaceutical Co Ltd’s Covid-19 vaccine in efforts to secure delivery as early as August. MYEG said during a filing with Bursa Malaysia that it has the exclusive authority to distribute the vaccine within Malaysia for three years …

Malaysia will move into the second phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) if the average Covid-19 daily cases will drop below 4,000 for seven consecutive days. Aside from that, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba also said that the occupancy of the beds in the intensive care units (ICU) must fall below 75 per cent on top of …

Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) and Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) have given their thanks to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah for saying that Parliament should reconvene immediately. The two parties, in separate statements said that they agree for the reopening of the Parliament as this would give rise to the opportunity to debate about the …