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Maybank Singapore, which is the plaintiff, filed the suit at the High Court registry here on July 19 through law firm Messrs Benjamin Dawson.

In total, Malaysia has detected 1.15 million Covid-19 cases so far since the pandemic began in late January last year.

Nawawi Tie Leung managing director Eddy Wong said in a statement: “This is a good opportunity for us to strengthen our capability in the northern region. We have always been active in the Penang market, and with the addition of this team of professionals who have been operating in Penang for the past 26 years, we are well placed to better service our existing and expanded clientele.”

The financing facilities — the Sunway Malls SME Retailers Relief Financing Programme — will be made available to the mall group’s retailers across seven malls, it added in a statement. 

A total of 298,236 individuals received their first dose yesterday, while the remaining 181,886 shots were second jabs, according to the latest updates on Twitter today by the country’s Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV), citing data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).

In separate live feeds on social media, opposition MPs including Nurul Izzah Anwar, Hannah Yeoh and Kota Kinabalu MP Chan Foong Hin said the roads to Parliament were closed despite the postponement of today's sitting.

In a statement, Dr Noor Hisham, who has called for an immediate suspension of all meetings there, said the Parliament has now been deemed a high-risk gathering for the spread of Covid-19, even though only 11 out of 1,183 people who attended the recent sitting have been found positive for the coronavirus.

The pace of daily dose administered jumped to an average of 397,711 vaccine doses a day as of Saturday (July 31). 

Including today’s cases, the cumulative number of confirmed infections in the country totalled 1.13 million, according to the Ministry of Health.