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Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the caretaker prime minister today, following the latter’s resignation as the premier together with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Cabinet.

The King received the resignation letter of Muhyiddin and the entire Cabinet members during a meeting at 12.30pm this afternoon, according to a statement from Istana Negara.

Several economic activities will be allowed in states under the National Recovery Plan's (NRP) Phase One from today, 16 August. They are carwashes, electrical and electronic shops; house and kitchen appliances; furniture, sports equipment outlets, car accessory outlets, car sales and distribution centres; morning markets and farmers' markets; fashion and accessories shops; jewellery shops; and hair salons and beauty centres (for cutting hair services only).

Companies in the manufacturing sector previously listed under the non-essential services list will now be allowed to resume operations. Ministry International Trade and Industry (MITI) in a statement said this applies to states under Phases 1 and 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) and the operation capacity is based on the company's rate of fully vaccinated workers.

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has given his assurance that the on-going national vaccination programme (NIP) will not be affected by the latest development in the country's political landscape.

In his speech during a special address to the nation today, the caretaker Prime Minister said Malaysia was among the country in the world which recorded the highest vaccination rate daily.

Over the weekend, Intel employees successfully completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination as part of the Public-Private Partnership Industry Immunization (PIKAS) Program.

Great work by Intel in supporting the mass vaccination of employees!

Some 32.9 per cent of the country’s population, or 10,734,415 people, have completed two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine injections as of yesterday, 15 August. 17,076,440 people or 52.3 per cent had received the first dose. This brought the cumulative number of vaccine dispensed under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) as of yesterday to 27,810,855 doses.

Over the weekend, we had another member company, Flex contribute two units of High Flow Nasal Cannula Device Airvo2 (Fisher & Paykel) to Sg. Petani’s Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim.

Great job, Flex. Keep it coming!

Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) and Johor Port Authority (LPJ) have set up Industry Vaccination Centre (PPVIN) for maritime and logistics sector workers, in support of the national COVID-19 immunisation programme (PICK). The programme is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) together with the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) and Ministry of Health (KKM) with LPJ and PTP to act as the co-host of the PPVIN.

Sunway Bhd's healthcare unit Sunway Medical Centre has invested over RM250,000 to incorporate four units of autonomous robots in its hospital operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount for the advanced robot units known as BellaBot(s) serves as the medical centre’s initial investment in helping its staff to focus on patient care, provide surge capacity during peak demand and improve overall operational efficiency.

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Hospital Kuala Lumpur is currently in urgent need of hospital equipments due to overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies who is able to contribute.

If anyone is able to assist, please contact Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my or Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my

Hospital Ampang has close to 150 COVID patients now in, and for the past few weeks the hospital has been expanding the wards in terms of manpower, equipment, and proper isolation spaces.

Both patients and clinicians need equipments urgently to be able to do their work.

If anyone is able to assist, please contact Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my or Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my

Hospital Kepala Batas has set up the new Hospital Medan to cope with the rising numbers of ICU patients since May 2021. They are currently in urgent need of medical equipment. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies.

If anyone is able to assist, please contact Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my or Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my

Among the many cruel and strange aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the fact that good and bad news often seem to arrive at the same time. Death rates may fall to new lows while case counts begin a precipitous climb; hospitalizations may drop dramatically in one region while reaching a breaking point in another.