The risk of spreading COVID-19 through banknotes is one of the main concerns globally, but the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – an international financial institution based in Switzerland said the probability of transmitting the COVID-19 virus through banknotes is low when compared to other frequently touched objects like card terminals. Mrs. Seng Phanara, a […]
Read MoreAbout 130 hotels with 16,000 rooms have offered to serve as quarantine centres for people returning to Thailand from abroad, for a payment – well in excess of the estimated 6,000 rooms needed, according to the Health Service Support Department. Director-general Tares Krassanairawiwong said on Friday that his department was tasked with recruiting hotels to […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: MALAYSIA AIRPORTS HOLDINGS BHD’s (MAHB) network of airports registered 4.8 million passengers in March 2020, a decline of 59.4% from a year, severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It said on Friday passenger movements system-wide contracted to 4.8 million passengers in March. International and domestic passenger movements registered 1.7 million and three million passenger […]
Read MoreAn electricity transmission project to be undertaken by Malaysian owned Cambodian Transmission Limited (CTL) has managed to commercial funding and a financial guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The project comprises a 230kV transmission network that connects the Phnom Penh region with power generators in the east and northeast of the country. MIGA, […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The government will allow an additional list of businesses to operate during the movement control order (MCO), but the health and safety of workers remains a top priority, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. The list includes traditional and complementary medicine, hardware and electrical shops, optometry, manned laundrettes and hair salons (restricted […]
Read MoreTop Glove Corp Bhd , the world’s biggest maker of medical gloves, plans to start producing face masks to meet rising demand from the coronavirus outbreak, a top executive told Reuters. The Malaysian company, which makes one out of every five gloves in the world, will have a facility ready in two months with a […]
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