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Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a press conference in Putrajaya yesterday that the 416 cases included nationals from Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan and the Philippines.

In a statement, F&N said MSM Perlis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSM Malaysia Holdings Bhd, had informed the group and its wholly-owned subsidiary F&N AgriValley Sdn Bhd on April 6 and 9 that there will not be any extension of time and that it rescinds the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) entered into by the parties on Oct 8, 2019.

In a statement to clarify the BPN payout, the Inland Revenue Board said that recipients who received the handout without registration have been vetted automatically based on individual income assessment data for the year 2018 or the Cost of Living Aid (BSH) database.

According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), this brings the total recoveries from Covid-19 to 1,608 cases or 38% of the total number of positive cases in Malaysia, which stands at 4,228 cases.

Generally, more than half of survey respondents (52.6%) said they were most affected when it came to financial savings, whereas 6.2% said they were least affected.

According to the commission, the inevitable surge in bandwidth demand locally is fuelled by higher usage of video conferencing, learning and shopping over the internet caused by the implementation of the MCO.

He also denied the accusations of a private doctor who reportedly claimed that the authorities had failed to protect the healthcare workers and frontliners because of a shortage of personal protective equipment or PPEs.

The sub-cluster, according to MoH, has developed into a third generation of infections.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also updated that there are now 76 patients under intensive care units (ICU) with 45 of them requiring respiratory assistance.

As of yesterday, there were 46 infections confirmed in Sepang, Selangor, and 42 in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak.