They advocate an increase of 20 per cent to operating expenditure as well as staffing levels for public health over the next two years.

According to the World Health Organisation, Brazil rose to the world's No1 for deaths per day this week, though it remains second to the United States in both numbers of total cases and deaths caused by the disease.

According to Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India, there were 174 adult passengers, 10 infants, two pilots and four cabin crew on board the aircraft which skidded off a runway at Kozhikode Airport in Kerala and broke into two pieces.

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Wisma Putra had contacted Malaysian representatives in the country as well as Lebanese leadership representatives to find out more about the situation at the scene.

Kerian District Police Chief Supt Omar Bakhtiar Yaacob: The decision by the bank to close yesterday was part of the early preventive measures and no bank employee was infected with Covid-19.

Lawyer Lee Khai: "The investigation is relating to the legal consultancy she provided to the company and it was investigated under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities (AMLA) Act. She will be charged on Tuesday morning at the Butterworth Court.

Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 15 more patients have been discharged, raising the number of recoveries to 8,728. This represents a recovery rate of 96.3%.

The new party, he said, will not be tied to any coalitions such as Pakatan Harapan or Perikatan Nasional.

Lawyer Lee Khai, representing Chew, said the MACC was investigating a report on a private company, Excel Property Management & Consultancy Sdn Bhd, allegedly linked to Chew.

The government should consider wholesome waiver or at the least offer 50% rebate on Personal and Corporate Income Tax for the next two years rather than to grant stamp duty waivers to entice buyers of high-end overhang unsold residential property.