COVID-19 Vaccination: Malaysia Hits 6.3 Million Doses Tuesday – Health Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 6,301,727 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of Tuesday. Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said of the total, 4,574,685 individuals had received the first dose and 1,727,042 others had completed the second dose. In a tweet…

S&P Affirms Malaysia’s Ratings, Testament To Country’s Vaccination Efforts And Economic Resilience

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — S&P Global Ratings’ (S&P) affirmation of Malaysia’s sovereign credit ratings is a testament to the country’s strong external position, monetary policy flexibility, recognised track record of supporting sustainable economic growth as well as economic resilience during times of uncertainty, said the Ministry of Finance.…

Malaysia-EU Collaborate To Strengthen Healthcare System Focusing On COVID-19

PUTRAJAYA, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will collaborate with the European Union (EU) in the field of research and development (R&D) so as to strengthen its overall emergency preparedness and healthcare system capacity, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba. Speaking at the virtual launch of the EU-ASEAN Programme to Support…

Increase Hospital Isolation Wards To Avoid Airborne COVID-19 Infections – Experts

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — The uncertainty surrounding the current pandemic situation, with daily cases hovering around 4,000 to 5,000 cases, is still a cause for concern even after three weeks of a nationwide total lockdown. The number of COVID-19 hospitals and quarantine and low-risk treatment centres (PKRC) have…

Malaysia, UK Collaborate In Smart City Development

PUTRAJAYA, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and the United Kingdom (UK) have jointly launched a ‘Smart City Handbook : Malaysia’ to promote collaboration and partnership in smart city development between both countries. The handbook outlines the smart city landscape across Malaysia and provides examples of interesting UK smart city projects…

ASEAN-BAC Urges Govt To Ratify RCEP, CPTPP By Year-End

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — The ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) has urged the government to ratify both the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by year-end. The council’s Malaysia chairman Dr Mohd Munir Abdul Majid said Malaysia has lost…

BNM’s International Reserves Rise To US$111.0 Bln As At June 15

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at US$111.0 billion as at June 15, 2021, up from US$110.9 billion as at May 31. In a statement Tuesday, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.2 months of retained imports and…

COVID: New Daily Cases Remain Below 5,000 For Two Consecutive Days

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — New daily COVID-19 cases in the country have remained below 5,000 for two consecutive days. Health director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, via a Twitter post, said that a total of 4,743 cases were recorded today, an increase of 232 cases compared with 4,611 reported…

Malaysia Focusing On Increasing Renewable Energy Capacity

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is focusing on its power generation plan with a target of 31 per cent renewable energy (RE) in its installed capacity in 2025 and 40 per cent in 2035, as its energy transition plan until 2040. The Energy and Natural Resources Ministry (KeTSA),…

COVID: Almost 400,000 Sporadic Cases From Jan 1 To June 19 – Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 398,846 COVID-19 infections out of the 578,105 reported in the country from Jan 1 to June 19 this year were sporadic cases, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The states with the highest number of sporadic infections were Selangor with…