This is so that social distancing is also observed among the less fortunate.

Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said the buildings will be gazetted under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act.

Kuala Lumpur’s Lembah Pantai continues to be the district with the highest number of COVID-19 cases recorded, with 386 cases as of April 6 noon.

The report said Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him.

He said this in a Facebook post amid concerns that animals could also be infected with the novel coronavirus that caused Covid-19.

The cluster has reached a fifth-generation of infections, including one patient who is currently being treated at an intensive care unit. No death has been reported in this cluster so far.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two main clusters have contributed to the increase in the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country. According to him, the two clusters have developed fifth generations of infections.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah explained that longhouses in Sarawak have demonstrated that community leaders can prevent the spread of COVID-19 by stopping high-risk people from entering their areas.

In a filing with the bourse, the company said its Singapore office will also be closed and that all its office staff on the island state will work from home. 

There are 131 new cases as of noon today, down from 179 yesterday. The country's tally rises to 3,793.