Malaysia’s Stock Exchange Lower As Investors Await Further COVID-19 Development

By Nurul Jannah Kamaruddin KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia’s Stock Exchange) continued to see weaknesses in the morning session as investors adopted a wait-and-see stance ahead of the government’s announcement on new COVID-19 measures later Monday. At 12.30 pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM…

Malaysia’s MOH, Pfizer Sign Manufacturing and Supply Agreement for COVID-19 Vaccines

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Jan 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian government via the Health Ministry and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd on Monday signed the manufacturing and supply agreement for the pharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia. Monday’s agreement was an extension of the Binding Heads of Terms agreement signed on Nov 24, 2020.…

COVID-19: 9-Year Old Malaysian Among 42 Imported Cases in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Jan 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Two Malaysians were among 42 imported cases of COVID-19 reported in Singapore on Sunday, with one involving a nine-year-old girl who arrived from Austria. Labelled as Case 59,155, the dependant’s pass holder who was asymptomatic had her serological test result come back positive, said the…

Floods In Southern Thailand Claim Three Lives

PATTANI (Thailand), Jan 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Severe floods following heavy rain in four provinces in southern Thailand — Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla — have claimed three lives to date and affected almost 60,000 families. In a statement Sunday, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said continuous heavy rain since Jan…

Malaysian Health D-G Expresses Concern Over Increase In COVID-19 Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has expressed his concern over the increase in the number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country. He said a total of 71 deaths were recorded within the first nine days of this year, compared to less than…

Malaysia Signs Deal With Pfizer For 12.8 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses – PM Muhyiddin

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Nov 27 (Bernama) — The Malaysian government, through the Health Ministry, has signed a preliminary purchasing agreement with pharmaceutical company Pfizer to obtain 12.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the immunisation needs of 20 per cent or 6.4 million Malaysians. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the…

Train Healthcare Workers In Lifestyle Medicine, Says Expert

By V. Sankara KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — It is high time to train healthcare workers in lifestyle medicine (LM) to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and future global communicable disease pandemics, according to an expert in LM. Founder and President of the Malaysian Society…

High Commission Racing Against Time To Renew Malaysian Passports In Singapore

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Nov 27 (NNN-Bernama) — The rather “extraordinarily” long queues outside the Malaysian High Commission (MHC) compound at Jervois Road here have been a common sight since last month. Photographs of the long queues were shared on social media sites. According to MHC, the thousands of people…

COVID-19 Vaccine: Malaysia-China Agreement Catalyst For Greater Cooperation – Malaysia’s King

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysia-China agreement on the supply of COVID-19 vaccines will be a catalyst for greater scientific cooperation and collaboration between the two countries, says Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. His Majesty expressed his happiness as both countries still recorded positive growth…

Malaysia’s Bina Puri JV Secures US$255.56 Million HSR Contract In Thailand

By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, Nov 27 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s Bina Puri Holdings Bhd (Bina Puri), through its joint-venture SPTK Joint Venture Co Ltd (SPTK JV), on Thursday, signed a contract package with State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on the high-speed railway (HSR) project to connect Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima. Bina…