As daily recoveries exceeded daily new infections for the eleventh time, active infections have fallen to 2,103 cases; there are a total of 5,389 cases as at yesterday.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob explained that the areas to be closed are the residential areas around the market, while the Selayang wholesale market itself will operate as usual during the EMCO period.

Among the detained, a 14-year-old girl.

The attackers are believed to have been fuelled by ideas that Asians brought the COVID-19 disease to Australia.

The Sarawak Disaster Relief Management Committee said the state Covid-19 task force will start contacting the 2,484 to undergo screening starting today.

"A group of highly-qualified evolutionary virologists looked at the sequences in bats as they evolve. The mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human.”

“Amid all the uncertainty, property is viewed as a relatively safe investment that can provide cash flow.”

So far, the cluster comprises 43 people who were found positive for Covid-19 on their return on April 16; 34 of them have been quarantined in Melaka, while nine have been isolated in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.

This is the fourth time that Malaysia has reported only double-digit figures for daily new infections since the Movement Control Order was enforced on March 18 — all of which occurred in the last five days.

Last week, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah explained that spraying with chemicals for 30 seconds was not enough to effectively disinfect people.