News by Syafiqah Salim

The decision to close the hiking spot was made under Section 18 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 after photos of long queues of hikers waiting to enter Broga Hill went viral on social media.

Of the four new cases reported today, three were imported.

“Our projection model shows that in mid-July, so maybe within next month, if we are still complying with the SOPs, we will record zero cases, and that is our mission,” Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a media briefing yesterday.

Two were imported cases involving a Malaysian and a non-citizen who were infected while abroad.

The number of active cases declined to 283 as recoveries continue to outpace new infections

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 302 cases — which accounted for 96% of all cases in the cluster — involved foreign workers from Nepal (163), Bangladesh (67), Myanmar (35), Indonesia (31), India (four), Vietnam (one), and Cambodia (one).

This is the lowest since March 14 when the number of active cases stood at 203.

Dr Noor Hisham said undocumented migrants who tested positive for Covid-19 are isolated and quarantined for 14 days, and made to undergo second and third tests. "Through the repeat tests, the ministry detected more Covid-19 cases and the patients were transferred to hospitals for treatment."

HLIB analyst Nazira Abdullah wrote in note today that the research firm increased its MQREIT earnings forecast by 6% for financial year ending Dec 31, 2020 (FY20) and FY21 on lower expenses and contribution from new tenancy.

This means the rate of recovery from Covid-19 in Malaysia stood at 90.9% or 7,733 cases, while the number of active cases fell to less than 10% of total confirmed cases of 8,505, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).