Gamuda Land: All employees are encouraged to closely monitor their health and seek medical attention if they develop flu-like symptoms. The management is also monitoring its employees through a mandatory daily online survey to track employees’ and their family’s or housemate’s health.

“Mass retrenchments remain a stark possibility for workers earning RM4000 to RM8,000. MTUC therefore strongly urges the government to ensure the wage subsidy scheme does not preclude these workers.”

There are 2,095 billionaires on the list this year, compared with 2,153 last year. And over half of them — a record 1,062 — saw a drop in their fortunes, following the pandemic-driven market rout.

Rented for: RM13,000 (RM3.82 psf); Concluded by: Kevin Teh (REN 02206) (013-5557333) of Propstar Realty Sdn Bhd; When: November 2019

"If possible, for Malaysians working in Singapore, they should remain in Singapore for two more weeks."

MoH director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of such cases is small compared with the total number of confirmed cases, which has reached 3,963 today.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in demand for food and household products.  At Tesco, we are working around the clock to help ensure families have access to the shopping items they need. To help us step up and meet demand, we would like to bring in over 600 new colleagues to work in our stores for at least the next eight weeks,” said Tesco Head of People, Alvin Low.

Prime Minister Shinzo said the state of emergency will be in place in Tokyo, Osaka and five prefectures: Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Hyogo and Fukuoka.

A voluntary group made up of residents has shared tips such as ways to avoid using door handles in common areas complete with a video demonstrating how that can be done -- by using the foot to pull the door open after using his access card.

Meanwhile, one fatality was reported today, resulting in a total of 63 deaths from the disease.