All employees involved in the sectors allowed to operate will need to undergo Covid-19 screening at 3,000 Socso panel clinics before they can be allowed to work. This was announced by Senior Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali in charge of the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI). This effort will be done together with the Human Resources Ministry and Socso.

The Penang government will ensure that hospitals and government clinics in the state have adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) supply, says Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. This assurance was made by Chow in his daily message via Facebook live on his FB page today, following a report by the Health Ministry director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on April 13 that they were facing shortage of PPEs.

AMCHAM is in the process of developing and sourcing topics for webinars sessions for members. Since attending our events at the actual physical location may be impossible for a while, the virtual version has become an alternative to showcase the good work and interesting topics that our member have to share.

If you're an AMCHAM member and you have interesting topics in mind that you would like to share with fellow members, or you would like to collaborate with AMCHAM to produce webinars, please feel free to contact us at events@amcham.com.my and we'll be happy to discuss further. We look forward to hearing from you.

Covid-19 has created unprecedented business liquidity issues. For businesses, foremost among them is its business viability in the long term. In the short term, it is managing the cash flow crisis for some enterprises. Some companies will be compelled into re-organising themselves and may have to undergo a restructuring. This article considers what businesses should know if they intend to restructure, assuming that they have a “business case” for restructuring.

In recent weeks, many governments around the world have created stimulus and relief programs to address the economic collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. But they will be too little or arrive too late to save tens of thousands of suppliers. Their ultimate customers — major manufacturers — must come to their rescue. Some are already doing so. This article offers ways they can help.

The Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to its close genetic cousin SARS-CoV-1. And for good reason: The virus responsible for the early 2000s SARS outbreak is, in many ways, the closest parallel to what we’re dealing with now. Researchers look to it when studying how long the new virus survives on surfaces and whether it makes sense for us to wear masks. It provides a guide for how the curve of cases and deaths might bend if we all do our part and stay home.