While the intention to narrow down the quality applicants is welcome, we would suggest a possibly better win-win solution where the government will consider only RM1 million of liquid assets and RM500,000 of fixed assets instead, said FIABCI Malaysia president Datuk Sri Koe Peng Kang.

States are federal territories in Phase 1 are Kedah, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, and Putrajaya; States in Phase 2 are Penang, Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, and Sabah.

Meanwhile, a total of 16,868,615 people or 51.7% had received the first dose.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new development brings the cumulative cases in the country to 1.38 million

“Historically, when FDI comes in, it creates a feel-good factor and we see a boost in the property market.”

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said so far MOH has not detected cases involving the Lambda variant in the country, adding that the ministry would further enhance its capability by running the full genomic sequence to detect the emergence of any Variants of Concern

On the daily vaccination rate, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said 462,860 doses were administered yesterday, with 162,182 being the first dose and 300,678 the second dose

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia was selected to carry out the research and hoped to help WHO to obtain data on the effectiveness of three new drugs namely artesunate, imatinib and infliximab

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the decision was made following new data on June 16 which was seen by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) which contained information on injections for the group

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We find that when the full vaccination rate among the adult population, aged 18 and above in Labuan reached 63.4%, Sarawak (55.7%), Negeri Sembilan (40.1%), Kuala Lumpur (78.3%) and Putrajaya (69.3%), there was a reduction in admission of category three to five patients to hospitals and ICUs