"This drastic decision is a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused serious and significant disruption to both domestic and international travels," it said in a stock exchange filing.

Gombak district police chief ACP Arifai Tarawe said these measures served as a tightening of previous enforcement activities conducted in line with the MCO.

“The regulations involve the movement control order in which a person is not allowed to travel from one place to another in any infected area or from one infected area to another.”

However, new infections continue to be recorded, with 142 new cases discovered as of noon today, which brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 2,908, according to the Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Several families in Section 17, Petaling Jaya have volunteered to hand make face shields and protective headgears for the frontliners with guidance from the medical fraternity.

Menara City One was placed under EMCO after 17 people living there tested positive for COVID-19. It is the third area to have EMCO imposed after Simpang Renggam in Johor and Sungai Lui in Selangor.

In its first survey in over 60 countries, it said loss of earnings is a widespread problem present in all of the surveyed countries.

"Disinfecting roads is clearly not going to be impactful."

Knight Frank Malaysia managing director Sarkunan Subramaniam: It may be timely to waive property taxes such as quit rent and assessment for the second half of 2020.

She said the manner that COVID-19 spreads is not yet fully known by science, so it is better to disinfect more places than to risk missing some areas.