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As the number of COVID-19 maternal deaths has increased, the Malaysian Ministry of Health has called on pregnant women to get vaccinated against the disease.

Malaysia's rubber and rubber products exports surged 150 percent to 44.43 billion ringgit (10.48 billion USD) in the first half of this year from 17.77 billion ringgit a year ago, due to the strong demand for rubber gloves amid the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on August 11.

Data released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) on August 9 showed that Malaysia's manufacturing revenue in June increased by 6.5 percent year-on-year to 124.4 billion RM (29.6 billion USD) and up 1.3 percent from the previous month.

The unity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has enabled it to collectively overcome challenges, ranging from global financial crises to climate change, to natural disasters and now, the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has said.

Malaysia, one of the six founding nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), virtually celebrated the 54th anniversary of the bloc on August 6.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishamuddin Hussein underscored the importance of regional cooperation to ensure that the East Sea is a water of peace and stability during the virtual ASEAN-US Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on August 4.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Bank Indonesia (BI) on August 2 agreed on the expansion of the ringgit-rupiah settlement framework between the two countries in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in 2016.

Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs)’s growth contracted by 7.3 percent in 2020 for the first time in the past 17 years, reported the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Malaysia’s exports in June rose 29.3 percent year-on-year to 188.7 billion RM (about 44.55 billion USD), according to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

Malaysia on July 28 reported 17,405 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, the highest daily number since the pandemic broke out in the country, raising the national count to over 1.06 million.

Malaysia's daily COVID-19 cases rose to 16,117 on July 27, the second highest daily figure, but the pandemic in the country will yet to peak until mid-September, an official said.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia on July 27 received a cash donation worth 13,130 MYR, or about 3,100 USD, from the local Vietnamese women’s union to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Malaysia reported 207 new COVID-19-related deaths on July 26, the highest number since the pandemic broke out in the country.

Lawmakers of the House of Representatives of Malaysia convened a special meeting on July 26 amid a state of emergency to curb the spread of COVID-19.