Covid-19 cases exceed 5k again and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

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1. The Health Ministry reported a record high of 5,728 new cases of Covid-19, with 3,285 cases in Selangor alone.

2. Selangor blames the surge in cases to a backlog in reporting and plans to fine private clinics and hospitals who don't immediately report Covid-19 cases through the Public Health Lab Information System.

3. Forty-eight health workers at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) in Kuala Terengganu tested positive for Covid-19.

4. The RM100 million allocated for private hospitals to combat Covid-19 is restricted to covering patients referred by public hospitals, said Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM)

5. Phase three clinical trials in Malaysia for the Institute of Medical Biology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) experimental Covid-19 vaccine have begun.

6. The Health Ministry denied Mestron Holdings Bhd’s insistence that it has “clearance” from the ministry to pursue a Covid-19 vaccine distribution deal, and will investigate the matter.

7. Johnson & Johnson claimed its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing Covid-19

8. Gombak MP Azmin Ali said he switched parties after losing faith in PKR president Anwar Ibrahim due to the latter's "immoral sexual practices".

9. Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari has been urged to prove that the Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) highway and the previously scrapped Kinrara-Damansara Expressway (Kidex) are not the same.

10. A child who had an emotional farewell with his foster parents three months ago has died from suspected abuse while under the care of his biological mother and stepfather's care.