PETALING JAYA: More than 80,000 people have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine since the start of the country’s immunisation programme on Feb 24.
PETALING JAYA: Interstate travel may be allowed by March 18 if the number of new Covid-19 cases is showing a downward trend, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has detected its first two Covid-19 cases of Nigerian SARS-CoV-2, also known as the B.1.525 variant, in two infected foreign na.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia has detected its first two Covid-19 cases with the Nigerian SARS-CoV-2, also known as the B.1.525, variant, in two infected foreign nationals who had flown in from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (
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The Health director-general said they were found to be positive by a swab RT PCR test after arriving from Dubai. The Institute for Medical Research (IMR) subsequently proceeded to do full genome sequencing due to their travel history. Further analysis indicated the presence of all the reported mutations corresponding to this variant, he said in a Facebook post Friday.
Holidaymakers at the Batu Ferringhi beach where many
hotels are found along the popular tourism belt in Penang during the last Christmas holidays. – Filepic
STAYCATION packages are just not cutting out as a way for hotels in Penang to stay afloat, said Malaysia Association of Hotels Penang chairman Raj Kumar.
Despite attractive packages to lure local folks to get a dose of some hotel luxury, he said, the market remains largely unmoved and the hotels badly need interstate travel to be allowed again.
“Most hotels came up with staycation packages at really low rates. But as guests are limited to only locals and many hotel facilities cannot be open, the response wasn’t good.