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Of the 36 new cases, 28 involved foreign nationals, accounting for 78%.

A spokesman for the hotel said there will be a “total closure of the hotel” from next month while all its employees have been asked “to accept the offered voluntary separation scheme (VSS)”.

Penang Island City Council licensing department senior health officer Goh Eng Chun: They must leave once they have finished their meals.

Dr Jeffrey Burns, a critical care specialist at Boston Children's Hospital: This multisystem inflammatory syndrome is not directly caused by the virus. The leading hypothesis is that it is due to the immune response of the patient.

"The details of the plan that would put a transit station next to Genting's planned waterfront casino also lay out the financial hurdles to getting it built."

The number of active cases jumped from 28 reported on Wednesday, putting it one case away from becoming a red zone.

"We cannot continue to drag on as we still have bills and staff salary to pay every month. We still have to pay the full rental fee during this difficult period. Even freelance instructors in our gym are affected with the mandatory closure of the gym due to Covid-19."

Dr Foo Chee Hung: Malaysia is expected to experience economic contraction following the imposed Movement Control Order (MCO) from March 18 to May 3 that has caused business shutdown in all non-essential activities. The country’s property market was clobbered as a result.

“I am terribly disappointed that the MACC had to make this false statement,” Thomas said when contacted last night.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, KSL said Urusharta Jamaah ceased its substantial holding on May 6 after it disposed of a block of 35.9 million shares or a 3.46% stake in the property group.