{"id":94796,"date":"2020-10-01T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T10:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=94796"},"modified":"2020-10-01T18:44:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T10:44:42","slug":"german-embassy-appreciates-malaysian-govt-efforts-to-contain-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=94796","title":{"rendered":"German embassy appreciates Malaysian govt efforts to contain COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/german-embassy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94799\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/german-embassy.jpg 640w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/german-embassy-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 &#8212; Deputy Head of Mission and Charge d&#8217;Affaires of the German Embassy Dr David Krivanek (left) with mural painter Mohd Anuar (right) striking a pose during a Mural Graffiti in Cultural Diplomacy in conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of German Reunification event held at the German Ambassador&#8217;s Residence today.  Photo courtesy of BERNAMA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR,\u00a0 Oct 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The German Embassy in Malaysia has extended its sincere gratitude and appreciation towards the efforts made by Malaysia in managing the COVID-19 cases in the country in both regional and global scale, said the Embassy\u2019s Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires\u00a0Dr. David Krivanek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the cases of COVID-19 are fairly well contained as people are adhering to the restrictions imposed, like wearing face masks and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo doubt there is a rise in cases (in Malaysia) recently, so it\u2019s important we all continue adhering to the recommendations imposed. So far, I would say well done Malaysia in managing COVID-19 cases,\u201d he told Bernama after launching the three different wall murals today in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Germany \u2013 which will be observed this Saturday (Oct 3)\u00a0\u2013 at the German ambassador\u2019s official residence here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of Wednesday, Malaysia reported an increase of 89 new COVID-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krivanek nevertheless said that investments from Germany\u00a0\u2013 to a certain extent\u00a0\u2013\u00a0were affected in Malaysia due to the restrictions (in Malaysia)\u00a0in view of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome foreign companies&nbsp;including German companies have faced issues like bringing in experts to build or repair something in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis has led to a few German companies based in Malaysia to consider postponing envisaged investments due to the restrictions,\u201d he said, adding that there are around 400 German-based companies active in Malaysia with the majority of them being small and medium enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR,\u00a0 Oct 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8212; The German Embassy in Malaysia has extended its sincere gratitude and appreciation towards the efforts made by Malaysia in managing the COVID-19 cases in the country in both regional and global scale, said the Embassy\u2019s Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires\u00a0Dr. David Krivanek. He said the cases of COVID-19 are fairly well contained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":94799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,300,209,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}