News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): Boutique property developer Trinity Group Sdn Bhd recently donated essential medical supplies to hospitals in the Klang Valley and Penang for frontline healthcare professionals battling the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia.

There is hope the Covid-19 pandemic might be under control by end-April, according to China’s top respiratory disease expert.

Buildings don’t rest, not even during the current COVID-19 pandemic and the Movement Control Order (MCO), which has been extended to a further two weeks till April 14, 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): A woman who allegedly called police at a roadblock "idiots" has claimed trial to charges of insulting behaviour and obstruction of a public officer in carrying out his duties, the Malay Mail reported today.

The COVID-19 outbreak is likely to affect the timely delivery of vacant possession (VP) of parcels in property projects by some developers.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): The Malaysian Institute of Professional Estate Agents and Consultants (MIPEAC) has joined recent calls for the government to provide specific stimulus measures for the real estate industry in light of the prolonged slowdown and the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak and ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO) in the country.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), on March 24, 2020, announced an automatic six-month moratorium on all bank loans starting from April 1, to assist borrowers who are facing temporary financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government said it will establish a special cabinet committee to develop strategic measures to safeguard Malaysia’s economy and labour market impacted by Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has managed to solve the issue of shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) among healthcare workers who are in contact with Covid-19 patients, according to its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUCHING: Police here arrested three men carrying drugs, a mask depicting the face of Pennywise the clown, and a toy gun after a high-speed chase yesterday afternoon, Free Malaysia Today reported today.