Vaccinating As Many People As Possible The Only Way Out From COVID-19, Says Msian PM Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (NNN-Bernama) — The only hope for the world to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to ensure as many people are vaccinated as rapidly as possible, hence Malaysia reiterates its call for universal access to COVID-19 vaccine. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said vaccine equity is still a…

Msian Ministers, Deputy Ministers To Channel Three Month’s Salary Into Disaster Trust Fund Account Towards COVID-19 Expenditure

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (NNN-Bernama) — All Malaysian ministers and deputy ministers will not be taking their salaries for three months from June as practised during the first Movement Control Order 1.0 last year. The matter was announced by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in his special address on Pemerkasa Plus…

Malaysia Total Lockdown Phase 1 Kicks Off Today

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (NNN-Bernama) — Beware! If you are going out to shop for daily necessities today, make sure that your destination is not more than 10 kilometres from your house or else, you will be directed to turn back. This is one of the rulings imposed during the…

30 Mobile Vaccination Trucks To Be Activated In Kuala Lumpur

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 30 mobile vaccination trucks will be activated in People’s Housing Project (PPR) areas and construction sites in the federal capital to speed up the process of administering COVID-19 vaccines, said Khairy Jamaluddin. The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister said the pilot…

COVID: 6,824 New Cases Reported Monday – Msian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in the country continues to drop Monday to 6,824, bringing the cumulative total to 572,357 cases, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Sunday, the country’s COVID-19 daily tally dropped significantly to 6,999 cases from the all-time high of…

Anti-Palm Oil Campaign: WTO Approves Panel To Examine EU Delegated Regulation — Msian Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s application for the setting up of a panel to examine the steps taken by the European Union (EU) in the implementation of the Delegated Regulation under the European Union Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 (EU RED II) has been approved by the World Trade…

Business Confidence Improving In The Second Quarter Of 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — Businesses are more confident in the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 with a better overall confidence indicator of -3.1 per cent against -11.3 per cent recorded in the last quarter, according to the Business Tendency Statistics for Second Quarter 2021. Chief statistician Dr Mohd…

1,052,145 Individuals Completed Two-Dose Vaccination As At Sunday – M’sian Health Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 1,052,145 individuals had completed taking two doses of vaccine under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme up to Sunday, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba. Dr Adham, in his tweet, said Dr Adham said 1,860,864 individuals had received the first dose, bringing…

Malaysia’s Trade Performance A Bright Spot Among Southeast Asian Economies

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s burgeoning trade performance has been a bright spot among Southeast Asian (SEA) economies, Moody’s Analytics associate economist Sonia Zhu said. She said exports surged 63 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), but the strong growth rate is inflated by the low-base effect, when exports nosedived…

Eighteen Manufacturing, Manufacturing-Related Services Sectors Are Allowed To Operate During Movement Control Order

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (NNN-Bernama) — The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has announced 18 manufacturing and manufacturing-related services (MRS) sectors that are allowed to operate under the Movement Control Order (MCO) from June 1 to 14, 2021. The ministry said it is, however, subject to the companies…