News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 105 new confirmed infections, including 11 imported cases, as at noon today — the first time in slightly more than two weeks the daily new cases figure went above 100.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): Johor has the highest number of overhang serviced apartments in the country but the situation is being mitigated by the state government's move to freeze applications for such developments in the state.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): The Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) has contributed to an improvement in Malaysia's overall property market performance in 2019 and should be reintroduced to provide a much needed boost to the property sector in light of the current downturn amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that the number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases among Malaysians who return from overseas increased to 263.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): Some health experts are worried that the relaxation of the movement control order (MCO) from May 4 onwards “might lead to new waves of Covid-19 infections”, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson (pictured) have volunteered to donate their blood and plasma for vaccine research against Covid-19, say reports.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): Following tests carried out at the Pasar Jalan Othman (PJ Old Town Market) on Wednesday for the selected 151 traders, council workers and cleaners here, four people have been detected with the Covid-19 disease, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): The ban on interstate travelling is still in place, except for working purposes.

PETALING JAYA (May 1): The Malaysia Shopping Malls Association (PPK) is calling for the enactment of the Covid-19 Act purportedly to protect businesses and jobs to protect both landlord and tenant in genuine situations with no abuse for a “free-ride”.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Yesterday evening, five days after the area around the Selayang wholesale market was placed under an enhanced movement control order (EMCO), The Edge Media Group publisher and group chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Ho Kay Tat received an emergency request for personal protective equipment (PPE).