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The report quoting Senior Minister (Education) Dr Mohd Radzi Jidin said the ministry had carried out field trials to determine the suitable number of students based on the size of the class to ensure social distancing practice amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

"The company is not privy to such information on whether any applications are required and/or submitted to Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia (JMG) for any kind of collaborations with the existing AP holders that export sand," it said in a bourse filing.

F&B and retail were among the most impacted industry, where 403 of F&Bs and 918 of retails out of 8,663 business entities have shut down in April.

In a statement to Bursa Malaysia today, MyEG said employees, including foreign workers, who are contributors to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) are eligible to have the cost of testing covered by Socso’s Prihatin Screening Programme.

In a statement on its website, Genting Malaysia said it will continue to monitor the situation and make the necessary announcements as more information becomes available.

Wuhan reported a total of six new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday. There was another five cases reported on Monday.

A travel and cold-wear store owner in a shopping mall in Pulau Tikus who wanted to be known as Chong said it could have happened due to humidity.

The proposal, which the Legislative Council’s Finance Committee will review on Friday before a possible vote, could buy the tourist attraction enough time to stay afloat for another 12 months, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah said.

Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham said the tests that are recommended for screening purposes are the antigen RTK test and the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) test.

Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reiterated that the targeted approach adopted by the ministry has proven fruitful so far and that the MoH will continue to use this approach in its case tracing and tracking.