Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 18 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the state so far, and it currently has no active cases.

He also said the Government will loosen some restrictions, for example allowing students go back to their homes and letting those who are "trapped" in hometowns to return to the cities.

According to the Savills Global Market Sentiment Survey, China held a ‘slightly positive’ sentiment, as the country saw some real estate activity resume after infection rates were brought under control. In the first half of April, the country’s retail and office leasing activities increased moderately. Meanwhile, South Korea and Vietnam, which have seen rapid falls in infection levels, were ‘neutral’.

This is the seventh consecutive day that Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases are in the double digits, and is the eighth time since the Movement Control Order (MCO) started on March 18.

Some parents and spouses have upped their game and added another feather to their cap by giving themselves, their children and partners, haircuts.

The Resmed Astral 150 ventilators and Philips Everflow oxygen concentrators were bought with money donated by Corporate Malaysia and individuals to The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund, which has raised RM14.41 million to date.

Sabah’s hotel and leisure sub-sector and its related services had been hit hard since early this year, mainly due to the suspension of direct flights from China and South Korea.

“Alongside DBKL, the Social Welfare Department has also been instructed to cooperate in taking action to ensure the issue is resolved immediately.”

More than half of active cases are in Lembah Pantai, which covers several parts of the downtown areas. There were 273 cases in Lembah Pantai, according to the Health Ministry. 

Dr Sheik Muszaphar Shukor a co-founder of the Malay cuisine restaurant Rebung Restaurant