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Meanwhile, the total number of cured cases stands at 3,349 as of noon today, representing a recovery rate of 61.1%.

In a filing today, Tadmax said its unit, Tadmax Indah Power Sdn Bhd, has signed a conditional share sale agreement (SSA) with Kepco for the disposal of a 25% stake in Pulau Indah Power Plant Sdn Bhd (PIPP), which owns the 1,200MW power plant project.

If successful, this would be Gamuda’s first Australian project.

Of that, RM125.5 billion or 60.4% of the total was contributed by domestic direct investment (DDI), while foreign direct investment (FDI) accounted for 39.6% of the total at RM82.4 billion, an increase of 2.9% from 2018.

Noor Hisham pointed to the World Health Organization's (WHO) prediction that Malaysia will still be at “war” with Covid-19 even until next year, unless a vaccine for the coronavirus is found and made available to the public.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham said this may help the ministry detect infections among communities with cases of Covid-19. 

As daily recoveries exceeded daily new infections for the eleventh time, active infections have fallen to 2,103 cases; there are a total of 5,389 cases as at yesterday.

So far, the cluster comprises 43 people who were found positive for Covid-19 on their return on April 16; 34 of them have been quarantined in Melaka, while nine have been isolated in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

This is the fourth time that Malaysia has reported only double-digit figures for daily new infections since the Movement Control Order was enforced on March 18 — all of which occurred in the last five days.

The infections are in three hospitals in the state, namely Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Women's and Children Hospital in Likas and Hospital Keningau.