M’sian Government Signs Letter Of Undertaking To Purchase Antiviral Drug, Molnupiravir

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government, through the Ministry of Health (MOH), on Thursday signed a letter of undertaking to purchase the antiviral drug, Molnupiravir as an additional choice in the innovative treatment against COVID-19. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said through the agreement with Merck Sharp &…

Malaysia Detects 392 COVID-19 Cases Involving Variants Of Concern Until Wednesday

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 392 positive COVID-19 cases involving variants of concern (VOC) was detected in Malaysia from Sept 25 until Wednesday, according to Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Of the total, he said 384 cases were of the Delta variant and eight others…

ASEAN Urged To Step Up Cooperation On Vaccination, Mental Health – Erywan

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — Brunei’s Foreign Minister II Erywan Mohd Yusof called on all ASEAN members to step up cooperation in the vaccination drive against COVID-19, and in addressing mental health issues. Erywan, who is also ASEAN Special Envoy to Myanmar, said this will contribute towards community-building measures…

M’sian Government Will Not Arbitrarily Open Borders – PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian government will not arbitrarily open the country’s borders to foreign travellers as permission for entry will depend on the COVID-19 situation in their countries of origin, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. Right now, he said the government only allowed those who…

Malaysia’s Tourist Expenditure Losses To Rise To RM165 Bln In 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s estimated losses in tourist expenditure are set to rise further to RM165 billion (US$39.5 billion) this year from about RM135 billion (US$32.3 billion) in 2020 due to the implementation of the Movement Control Order 3.0 (Malaysia’s cordon sanitaire implementation). Tourism, Arts and Culture…

88.8 Per Cent Of Malaysia’s Adult Population Fully Vaccinated As Of Wednesday

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 20,786,568 individuals or 88.8 per cent of Malaysia’s adult population have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Wednesday, just 1.2 percentage points short of the targeted 90 per cent. Based on the Ministry of Health data on the COVIDNOW portal, 94.6…

Malaysia Records 9,380 New COVID-19 Cases

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (NNN-Bernama) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia increased by more than 500 with 9,380 cases recorded on Wednesday, from 8,817 cases Tuesday. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, through a positing on Twitter and Facebook, said the increase brings the cumulative number of…

Singapore In The Process Of Repealing 83-year Old Sedition Act

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 6 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore is in the midst of repealing its 83-year old Sedition Act, an Act that criminalises conduct with seditious tendencies. The Sedition (Repeal) Bill which was read for the first time in Parliament on Sept 13 and the second on Oct 5,…

Malaysia Ready To Consider Dialogue With Myanmar’s National Unity Gov’t

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is ready to consider holding a dialogue with Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG) if the five-point consensus agreed upon by ASEAN to resolve the crisis in the country, does not get the cooperation of the current ruling military junta. Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin…

AirAsia Reaffirms Commitment For Fleet Migration To Airbus A321neo

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (NNN-Bernama) — AirAsia Group has reaffirmed its commitment to transform its present A320 aircraft fleet to the higher-capacity, more fuel-efficient A321neo with the signing of an amendment agreement with Airbus S.A.S. In a statement, the airlines said it will convert its remaining A320 aircraft orders to…