The American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) urged the government to protect both lives and livelihoods by adopting a more balanced approach to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. AMCHAM said it is greatly concerned with the implementation of enhanced movement control orders (EMCOs) in several sub-districts in Selangor and localities in Kuala Lumpur.

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The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has released a compilation of infographics related to the CIMS 3.0 approval letter. This includes companies in sectors allowed to operate in States according to category, what the new CIMS letter dated 5 July looks like, information about companies operating in EMCO areas and more.

While several parts of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur remain under Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO), other areas a subject to the National Recovery Plan - Phase 1 SOPs. The areas that are allowed to enter Phase 2 also have an updated version of the SOPs.

Five states – Kelantan, Pahang, Perak, Terengganu and Perlis – have fulfilled three indicators of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) and will move into Phase Two on July 5. These five states were being rewarded for having lowered their number of cases, having better control of the beds in ICU wards and having increased the percentage of the population vaccinated in accordance to set thresholds under the NRP.

Malaysia received one million doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the United States this morning. The United States (US) Embassy said that shipment of the vaccine arrived at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport for distribution to vaccine centres nationwide. US Ambassador to Malaysia, Brian McFeeters, said the United States is committed to working with Malaysia to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve global health security.

The state government has kicked off its COVID-19 mass screening programme (PSC19) at the City Stadium here today, as it aims to test about 1,000 individuals from six constituencies on the island. Local government, housing and town and country planning committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said about 7,800 individuals from all 40 constituencies in the state have registered for PSC19 since the programme was announced last week.

An Industry Vaccination Centre (PPVIN) has been set up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to begin vaccinating over 20,000 workers from the nation’s aviation industry. The move is part of the government’s ongoing effort to vaccinate those employed in the transportation sector.

Last weekend, Micron Memory Malaysia, in partnership with Rotary Club and Al Rahman Mosque (Batu Ferringhi) donated supplies to 2 villages Kampung Kubur & Mutiara at Batu Ferringhi that were badly affected by floods recently. Approximately over 100 families were affected as water level rose above 6 feet. A boutique hotel was kind enough to accommodate all the affected families on the day of the floods.

Well done Micron Memory Malaysia Sdn Bhd by doing your part in giving back to the community.

On July 5, AMCHAM kicked off its Sustainability Week with the webinar on Sustainability – The Business Imperative. This first entry featured two panel discussions Corporate Governance, Compliance & Business Ethics and Sustainability – It Starts with Company Culture both going into what companies can and are doing in regards to practice of sustainable business.

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 Kuala Lumpur is currently in urgent need of hospital equipment 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 laine@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

This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 182.6 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.95 million.