The establishment's casino has been touted as the city's "most technologically advanced casino".

The 268,604 vaccine shots comprised 175, 201 first doses and 93,403 second doses for recipients.

FMM also suggested several other measures to be implemented in tandem with Phase Two, to avoid permanent and irreversible damage to businesses and the economy:

Five of the new VOC cases were linked to the Beta variant (B.1.351), while the sixth VOC case was of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2).

"The airport is a strategic national asset that has to be protected."

Quarterly revenue also surged by 76.61% to RM971.18 million against RM549.9 million, underpinned by higher sales in its property sales division.

He said the private vaccination market in the country has been delayed due to the limited global Covid-19 vaccine supply.

Limestone stocks are getting critically low and will result in the shutdown of lime factories in the coming days and weeks.

EcoWorld International president and CEO Datuk Teow Leong Seng said that apart from an increase in contracts exchanged (SPAs signed), the reservation pipeline has also been growing, a sign of markedly improved sentiment

Group president and CEO Datuk Chang Khim Wah: This encouraging result, currently driven mostly by local business owners and industrialists, suggests that there are sectors of the Malaysian economy that are continuing to grow even amidst the challenges posed by Covid-19