News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27) Calls to poison control centres in at least four US states “have spiked over the past few days” after US President Donald Trump appeared to suggest injecting disinfectant should be studied as a method to treat Covid-19, Newsweek reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Singapore now has Asia’s highest number of Covid-19 cases after China and India, Bloomberg reported yesterday.

在新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）爆发期间，许多人都被迫在家中上班，确保公司营运如常，而人们的上班地点也因此从原本的传统办公室，转变为家中的餐桌、书桌和沙发等。 即使这种居家办公环境是暂时的，但人们应该如何确保本身在家中也能够交出同等的生产力呢？ 对此，The Makeover Guys执行创意总监Victoria Loi向EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (April 26): The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has temporarily closed the Taman Megah SS24 Market today to the public so that the premises can be cleaned and disinfected, The Star reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Commercial buildings closed for weeks or even months to curb the Covid-19 pandemic could “fuel” Legionnaires' disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The Ministry of Health (MoH) said there were a total of 51 new Covid-19 cases today, marking the ninth consecutive day of cases remaining below 100.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The period between March 15 to April 20 this year saw 7,159 employees retrenched, the first five weeks of the movement control order (MCO), according to statistics provided by the Labour Department.

PUTRAJAYA (April 25): Malaysia may seem to gave a gotten a grip on the Covid-19 outbreak but the Health Ministry has warned complacency could bring about a new wave of infections, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat Covid-19, the BBC reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 24): It is perhaps the best time now to support local brands and retailers in light of the impact from the Covid-19 and Movement Control Order (MCO) on the retail sector in Malaysia.