Malaysia added 5,058 new confirmed cases
Malaysia today added 5,058 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, and the total number of cases nationwide reached 2,685,535. The daily increase in cases in the past 6 days was 4,896 on December 4, 4,298 on 5, 4,262 on 6, 4,965 on 7, 5,020 on 8 and 5,446 yesterday.
Malaysia yesterday (9th) notified 41 deaths from Covid-19 , with a total of 30,787 deaths so far. According to the new crown data released on the COVIDNOW website of the Ministry of Health, among the above reported death cases, 6 were deaths before hospitalization (BID), a total of 6,226 cases.
According to data, Selangor added 6 deaths, ranking first in the country. It was followed by Sarawak and Perak with 5 cases each; Kelantan, Penang and Johor each ranked third with 4 cases. As for other states and federal territories, Sabah, Terengganu and Kedah have 3 cases, Melaka , Pahang, Perlis and Kuala Lumpur each have 1 case. Negeri Sembilan, Labuan and Putrajaya have not reported death cases.
In addition, the number of active cases decreased by 22 to 60,856, of which 49,91 people (81.8%) were isolated at home, and 5,901 (9.7%) were admitted to low- risk isolation and treatment centers (PKRC) ), 4745 people (7.8%) were hospitalized,And 187 people (0.3%) are in the intensive care unit, of which 232 people (0.4%) need to rely on respirators.
retaliatory consumption after unblocking Malaysia! Wholesale and retail prices have soared
Malaysia has shown signs of retaliatory consumption after the release of the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention. Statistics Malaysia announced that October’s wholesale and retail values increased by 5.4% and 7.7% year-on-year and month-on-month, respectively, to RM116.4 billion. Not only did they regain the momentum before the epidemic, but also wrote down the data since the Bureau of Statistics tracked the data. New high record.
Among them, October wholesale sales increased 4.4% year-on-year to 55.8 billion ringgits, while retail sales rose 5.1% to 46.5 billion ringgits. Car sales have been monthly since June. After retreating, October finally rebounded by 10.2% to 14.2 billion ringgit.
wholesale sales, food, beverage and tobacco wholesale rose 10.6% to 11.2 billion ringgit; other special products wholesale rose 5.1% to 22.1 billion ringgit; agricultural products, raw materials and live poultry and livestock soared 13.1% to 4.7 billion ringgit.
As for retail sales, non-special goods sales increased by 8.2% to RM17.2 billion, including automobile fuel soaring 17.8%, food, beverage and tobacco up 8.7%, household goods up 3.8%, cultural and leisure products Increased by 4.8%, information technology and communications equipment increased slightly by 0.6%; however, sales of special products declined for the fifth consecutive month, shrinking by 3.9%.
Lacha , Milo , Indian pancakes, etc. Mama stalls or price hikes p _span5 p.Malaysian Muslim Restaurant Owners Association (PRESMA) Chairman Jawahar said that Mama restaurants in the Klang Valley and prime locations may need to increase food prices by 10 sen to 20 sen to compensate for the increase in raw materials and commodity prices by 30 sen. %the cost of.
He said that the association will discuss price increases at its annual general meeting next Wednesday (December 15), and at the same time, he has sent a letter requesting a meeting with the Minister of Trade and Consumer Affairs Alexander to obtain the department. Suggestions. Under the above adjustments, it is expected to be affected by tea, Milo, Indian pancakes, thosai, capati, fried noodles, etc.
Jawaha said that the industry has maintained the current price for more than 3 years. The association may be the only association that requires members not to increase prices before December 31. "But next year we will definitely increase the increase by a reasonable rate, and we will try to minimize the increase." He emphasized that the price increase is not because the industry wants to make money, but to cope with rising costs. "Even if we charge 2 ringgits and 50 cents for each slice of Indian pancake , we can't make much money from it because we have to provide gravy or lentil curry (dhal)."
Except for the high price Jawaha claimed that the catering industry is also facing a shortage of workers, causing employers to pay higher salaries to hire employees, which in turn increases management costs. In addition, Krishnan, the vice chairman of the Indian restaurant Association (PRIMAS), believes that some members of the Association have increased the prices of food and beverages in the store.
"The prices of raw materials and commodities we buy have increased by 50% to 100%." Krishnan attributed the price spike to the disruption of the global supply chain during the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic.As a result, the price of imported goods has increased, and about 70% of the items used in restaurants come from abroad. “A box of 48 cans of condensed milk was still RM107 a year ago, but now it costs RM127. Imported lentils rose from RM123 to RM129 within a week. We can’t do anything about it.”
"It is almost impossible for us to maintain restaurant business without raising prices. I think we need to increase 15% to 20% to make up for rising costs. Some restaurants increase their prices by 10%, or 10 cents to 30%. Sin, this does not really affect (consumers). Consumers can understand, because they are also (need to) purchase household goods."
"The association has not yet convened an emergency meeting of its committee members. Meeting. Before the convening, we need to find out whether the price increase is permanent and whether the price is controllable. We do not encourage members to increase the price, but we cannot prevent them from doing so.” Krisnan also urged the government to understand the plight of food businesses, and It's not just about the prices that the industry charges consumers. "Since March 2020, about 1,000 restaurants have closed due to their inability to cover operating costs."
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