“The opening of such activities can only be done after the implementation of immunisation reaches a certain level of coverage in the community,” he says.

“We would like to state that the redevelopment plan does not involve the Curve, which will continue operating as normal."

The number of persons who were reported today to have recovered from Covid-19 stood at 3,251.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said the Covid-19-related deaths reported today brought the total number of fatalities in the country due to the pandemic to 1,121 so far

With increased withdrawals and reduced contributions amid Covid-19, it is no surprise that outgoing CEO Tunku Alizakri Alias said the savings adequacy of more of its members are expected to deteriorate due to Covid-19.

"First occurrence in the country. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted,” the department’s veterinary officer Dr Sarah Dadang Abdullah indicated in the immediate notification document, which was filed with the World Organisation for Animal Health.

Airlines and airports are pushing countries around the world to introduce vaccine passports or travel passes as well as travel bubbles to hasten the reopening of borders and allow international travel to resume

Malaysian Association of Hotels CEO Yap Lip Seng: The government should “consider imposing screening at state borders to allow the crossing of low-risk travellers and, in the near future, vaccinated travellers for a more efficient and effective way of controlling the spread of the virus while allowing the tourism and hotel industries to gain from domestic tourism”.

Outgoing CEO, Tunku Alizakri Alias: Tiered dividend is a very complex structure, it has both its pros as well as its disadvantages. We [the EPF] have always operated from an ‘everybody gets the same dividend’ base philosophy. Tiered dividend would actually suggest that there will be ways for us to go and deliver our dividends to our members in very different ways in the future, so again, this is a very complex issue and this is something that the EPF will have to go and touch base with our members at the end of the day because our members need to have a say in how the dividends that they will be receiving in the future should be structured.

EPF chairman Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir said in the statement that the pension fund managed to safeguard its members’ retirement savings well while meeting their immediate needs to deal with the current challenges.