Changes to areas under Enhanced MCO and 9 news from yesterday

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

1. The enhanced movement control order covering two buildings in the Masjid India area in Kuala Lumpur has been expanded to cover five surrounding streets, while restrictions in most of Hulu Langat have been lifted.

2. A new cluster of Covid-19 infections has been found in Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan, with 39 cases detected so far. Nationwide, 170 new cases have been reported, but more people have recovered from the disease.

3. Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah provided a breakdown on the ministry’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), which could last between 19 to 78 days. Efforts are being made to procure more PPEs.

4. Three Mongolian women have been detained after reporting a police inspector’s alleged rape of two other women.

5. PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has denounced a minister’s assurance that all government backbenches would be appointed to positions in GLCs. He has also met with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the forthcoming parliamentary session.

6. The Communications and Multimedia Commission is investigating how a picture of Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh being questioned by the police and the commission wound up on an Umno division’s Instagram account.

7. Non-essential firms allowed to operate during the movement control order can have up to 70 percent of their staff at their workplaces, but must adhere to various safety precautions.

8. Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia will resume flights between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak this week.

9. Malaysian authorities have begun distributing free facemasks, which appear to be well received.

10. Singapore has shifted its stance on the facemask and now requires it to be worn in public, at all times, over concerns that Covid-19 is being unwittingly spread by people who don’t show any symptoms.