Malaysia Airports installs latest thermal scanners to keep airport guests safe

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is installing the latest thermal scanners and additional sneeze guards at 19 more airports nationwide as it continues efforts to keep airport guests safe from COVID-19. The airport operator said a total of 23 new thermal scanners and 600 units of sneeze guards would…

MyCEB Secures business events despite 2020 challenges

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Malaysia Convention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) has obtained 46 new offers won for the business events industry in the country in the third quarter of 2020 despite significant changes due to COVID-19 over the past few months in the global business events landscape. It said out of 46…

Nora Anne’s inquest postponed a day, witness to testify via Zoom

SEREMBAN, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The inquest proceeding to determine the actual cause of death of Irish-French teenager Nora Anne Quoirin at the Coroner’s Court here had to be postponedd after a witness was found to have been in close contact with a COVID-19 patient. The lawyer representing the girl’s family, S. Sakthyvell,…

APEC’s working group to discuss transparency in managing COVID-19 funds

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Transparency in the management of COVID-19 funds will be among the agenda of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts’ Working Group (ACTWG) virtual meetings beginning today until Oct 23. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in a statement today said the meeting, attended by representatives from…

Thousands defy ban to protest in Bangkok

BANGKOK,  Oct 19 (NNN-BANGKOK) — Thousands of people gathered in Bangkok on Sunday rallying for the forth consecutive day defying a ban to join pro-democracy protests and reiterating their demands for political change including for the prime minister to step down.  The protesters, gathered at the Victory Monument and in AsokeSunday, also called for the dissolution of…

Sustainability, green tech will be on Budget 2021 focus – Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said a special focus on sustainability agenda will be included in Budget 2021 with a very important announcement on it to be made this Nov 6. Describing the COVID-19 pandemic as a wake-up call for the world, Muhyiddin said Malaysia,…

Ministry proposes further tightening of CMCO to curb spread of COVID-19

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has proposed that the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) enforced in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Selangor and Sabah to be further tightened to curb the spread of COVID-19. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the proposal would be discussed with the National Security…

COVID-19: Malaysia manages to reduce infectivity rate – Health DG

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia has successfully reduced the COVID-19 infectivity rate (Rt) or R-naught (R0) from 2.2 at the start of the third wave on Sept 20 to between 1.3 to 1.5 now. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this meant that so far, the government’s efforts…

Port Dickson oil spill sample results to be known in two months

SEREMBAN, Oct 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Results of the oil samples taken from four ships docked at Kuala Linggi following an oil spill incident that polluted Pantai Cermin, Batu 10, Port Dickson will only be known in an estimated two months’ time.  Department of Environment (DOE) director, Norlin Jaafar said the DOE had…

Malaysia sees highest jump in COVID-19 new cases at 869 since start of pandemic

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia jumped to 869 on Saturday, namely, the highest figure ever recorded since the pandemic afflicted the country. Four deaths were reported as of 12 noon Saturday, making the total number of cumulative deaths in Malaysia due to the…