In line with the Government of Malaysia's efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, effective 24 July 2020, all individuals returning from overseas entering Malaysia must undergo mandatory quarantine for 14 days at a dedicated quarantine center. The person under surveillance (PUS) will have to bear the cost of quarantine at RM150 per night.

A digital transformation executed correctly by corporations could lead to businesses seeing a 10 to 20 times increase in business volume, said Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) chief operating officer (COO) Datuk Ng Wan Peng. Ng added that digital transformation is not only necessary, but also beneficial both in the present and future for Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

In an April 2020 report, the World Bank sharply downgraded the growth outlook for 2020 for the East Asia and Pacific region Against this backdrop, liquidity issues and debt management become crucial considerations in ensuring business continuity. As the lockdown measures in Malaysia continue to hit many industries hard, many companies have already suffered huge income losses.

As the cloud continues to expand, from consumer life to business operations. Many of us seamlessly crossover apps such as music streaming, instant messaging, video conferencing and maybe even a grocery shopping list on a given day. With infinite scalability, lower operating costs and accessibility from just about any device, cloud has a compelling competitive advantage.

We need to broaden the set of targets we use to define success as we rebuild the global economy after the pandemic. That view is among the insights from the World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook – Emerging Pathways Towards a Post-COVID-19 Reset and Recovery. For the report, the Forum asked its community of nearly 40 leading chief economists to assess the current economic outlook and consider how business leaders and policymakers need to respond.

While a majority of employers believe that that their employees will return to their workplaces after Covid-19’s impact diminishes, working from home isn’t going to disappear. The reality is that a huge number of people were already working from home (almost 10 million workers in the U.S. in 2019); that number is only likely to rise post-pandemic. As the manager of a remote team, you can’t afford to ignore underperformance from remote workers.