News about COVID-19

PETALING JAYA (May 21): Social distancing, one of the new norms in the time of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Bars and pubs opened in New Zealand for the first time in months today, as restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus were eased further and the government looked to revive economic activity, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Four K-pop stars have tested negative for Covid-19 infection after visiting Itaewon, The Korea Times reported on Tuesday.

PETALING JAYA (May 21): An American dentist, whose videos praising the Malaysian government's response to the Covid-19 outbreak have gone viral, has denied allegations that he was paid to produce such content, Malaysiakini reported today.

SEPANG (May 20): he police are looking for four Indonesian workers who ran away from a kongsi house in Sepang after undergoing Covid-19 tests.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Malaysians returning from abroad will have to bear 50% of the RM150 per day quarantine cost starting June 1, Malaysiakini reported today.

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KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): US President Donald Trump (pictured) has revealed that he is taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off Covid-19 infections, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): After reporting lower earnings in its third quarter, analysts are expecting Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust's (Sunway REIT) fourth quarter to be weaker as it registers a full quarter’s impact from the Covid-19 outbreak as well as extended Movement Control Order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust's (REIT) net property income (NPI) slid by 9% to RM103.