Interstate travel and the reopening of other tourist destinations, irrespective of those located on the islands and on the mainland, will be allowed after 90 per cent of the country's adult population has been fully inoculated. The easing of such restrictions is also subjected to data and analysis conducted by the Health Ministry.

The Immigration Department of Malaysia has developed the MYEntry online system to enhance the current application process for Malaysians and non-Malaysians from entering and exiting the country. MYEntry is an online platform that enables the public and relevant Government stakeholders, including Malaysian embassies abroad to apply, process, monitor and track applications in real-time. MYEntry is accessible through the Expatriate Services Division (ESD) online system effective 10 August 2020.

A total of 41,247,271 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in Malaysia as of Wednesday (Sept 22). 22,348,422 people or 93.3% of the adult population have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 18,986,347 individuals or 81.0% of the adult population have completed their inoculations. A total of 321,342 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the country on Wednesday.

Intel Corp Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger plans to attend a virtual White House meeting on the global chip shortage, along with representatives from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, GM, Ford and Stellantis , people familiar with the matter said. The meeting will be hosted by Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese, the Commerce Department said earlier this month.

Yesterday, 22 September, Western Digital Tech & Regional Center (M) Sdn Bhd donated and delivered RM100k worth of medical equipment to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang.

Well done to the Western Digital team for the kind contribution.

Citi Malaysia has won three banking awards, a recognition of the strength and leadership of the global bank’s institutional business in Malaysia. Asiamoney in its Best Bank Awards 2021 named Citi Malaysia as Best International Bank while Global Finance gave the bank for the sixth consecutive year, the Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Bank award.

Citi also won the Best Corporate Sukuk Award by the Asset in its Triple A Awards in recognition of Citi’s role as a Bookrunner and Lead Manager for Axiata Group’s US$500mil Wakala Sukuk transaction.

While the entire Google Malaysia office has been working from home since early 2020, they recently extended their voluntary WFH policy to January 10, 2022, to give Googlers flexibility and choice. These policies go a long way in showing how the multinational in Malaysia is taking steps in supporting their employees during this challenging time.

Today morning, the U.S. Commercial Services held a webinar on Smart Logistics & Supply Chain, part of their IR4.0 & U.S. Smart Technologies Series and AMCHAM was a supporting partner for this webinar. Our CEO Siobhan Das provided an overview of the series and a quick recap of its journey to date.

Vaccination rates, vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity—these have become topics that occupy our everyday thoughts. It can be jarring to remember that less than a year ago, nobody, outside of clinical-trial volunteers, could get a shot at all. How the world got from there to here in record time is the story of achieving an impossible goal.