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River pollution traced to Indah Water plant in Rawang, says exco
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SHAH ALAM: The state government will be lodging a police report over the latest odour pollution detected in Sungai Selangor today. Exco member in charge of the environment Hee Loy Sian (PH-Kajang) said Air Selangor, Selangor Water Management Authori
Simulation shows how droplets spread when a COVID-19 patient coughs in Singapore’s tropical climate
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SINGAPORE (ANN): Researchers here have developed a simulation which more accurately models the spread of droplets when a person with Covid-19 coughs in Singapore’s tropical environment. A team from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (
EMCO in several localities in Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak, Negeri Sembilan extended
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KUALA LUMPUR: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) imposed on several localities in Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak and Negeri Sembilan will be extended for another two weeks. This includes the Taman Khazanah Indah and Mutiara Kasih public housing sc
6 new Covid-19 clusters involving Sabah, Selangor, KL, Melaka, Johor, Putrajaya
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PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry has detected six new Covid-19 clusters involving Sabah, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, Johor and Putrajaya. They are the Nahaba cluster in Kota Belud and Numbak cluster in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah; Perigi cluster in Klang
Covid-19: 972 new cases, eight deaths (updated)
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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 972 new Covid-19 infections on Monday (Nov 9), with Sabah reporting 370 cases, says the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country also reported eight new Covid-19 fatalitie
Covid-19 (Nov 8): 852 new cases, ending five-day streak of above 1,000 cases
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 852 new Covid-19 cases, breaking the previous five-day streak in which new daily infections were above the 1,000 mark. This brings the cumulative cases to 40,209, crossing the 40,000 mark for the first t
UPDATED (NOV 7) | Conditional MCO is back: Here's what you can and cannot do
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The government today announced the reimposition of the conditional movement control order (MCO) in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor, and Terengganu from Nov 9 to Dec 6. The conditional MCO in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, a
CMCO in Klang Valley, Sabah extended until Dec 6
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PETALING JAYA: The conditional movement control order (CMCO) for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya as well as Sabah will be extended until Dec 6, said Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob today. The CMCO for the Klang Valley began on Oct
CMCO announced in 6 more states
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PETALING JAYA: The government has announced a month-long conditional movement control order (CMCO) in Kedah, Penang, Perak, Melaka, Johor and Terengganu from Monday due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the states. The CMCO will end on Dec 6
1,168 Covid-19 cases and 3 deaths reported
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 1,168 Covid-19 cases and three deaths in the past 24 hours. This is the fifth day in a row that Malaysia’s cases have reached four digits. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there wer
Covid-19 (Nov 6): New record of 1,755 Covid-19 cases in a day, two deaths
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 1,755 new Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the 24-hour period ending at noon today. This is the highest number of cases in a single day ever reported in Malaysia, of which only three cases today were imp
EPF Account 1: Members can withdraw up to RM500 a month over 12 months
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PETALING JAYA: The government has announced that Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members can withdraw up to RM500 a month from Account 1 or RM6,000 over 12 months. Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, in tabling of the Budget 2021 in
456 arrested for MCO-related offences
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PETALING JAYA: Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said police arrested 456 individuals yesterday for breaching the ongoing recovery movement control order (RMCO). He said 455 individuals were issued compound fines and one was remanded.
1,009 Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths
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PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry has reported 1,009 Covid-19 cases and six deaths in the past 24 hours. This is the fourth day in a row that Malaysia’s cases reached four digits. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 839 reco
PM tells MKN to review need to tighten interstate travel
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PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has instructed the National Security Council (MKN) to review the need to tighten the SOPs for interstate and interdistrict travel. During the MKN special meeting that he chaired, Muhyiddin also told the
Health Ministry: Conditional MCO has effectively cut down infection rates
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PETALING JAYA: Conditional movement control order (MCO) imposed on areas that registered high numbers of Covid-19 cases has been effective bringing down infection rates (RO), says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The Health director-general said whi
Covid-19 (Nov 4): 1,032 new cases, 8 deaths reported
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 1,032 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in a 24-hour period ending noon today. The Covid-19 death toll in Sabah has now exceeded the number of deaths reported in all other regions of the country combin
Covid-19 (Nov 3): 1,054 new cases, 12 deaths - highest on record
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 1,054 new Covid-19 cases and a record-setting 12 deaths in a 24-hour period ending noon today. Leading indicators in brief: Active cases = 10,135 ↑ (167 more than previous day) Patients in intensive care
Seremban to go under CMCO from Nov 5
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KUALA LUMPUR: Seremban will be placed under a conditional movement control order (CMCO) from Nov 5 to Nov 18, Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today. This will affect nine subdistricts in Seremban, namely Ampangan, Seremban
Covid-19 (Nov 2): 834 new cases, active cases dip below 10,000 mark
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 834 new Covid-19 cases and 900 recoveries in the 24-hour period ending noon today. The total number of active cases has dipped below the 10,000 mark and there were two new deaths reported. Leading indica
