News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Amid anecdotal reports of cats testing positive of COVID-19, a new study has reportedly found that cats can indeed catch the disease and could even pass it on to other felines, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): The Ministry of Health (MoH) is working together with the National Security Council (NSC) to come up with a software that will be able to predict the geographic spread of COVID-19 infections to help combat the pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Some health experts feel that Malaysia is still under-testing for COVID-19 when compared to countries such as South Korea, reported the Malay Mail today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Palm oil and property player Keck Seng (Malaysia) Bhd (KSM) said its hotel operations located in the US and Canada have temporarily closed, following the enforcement of citywide lockdowns.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Over 2,300 volunteers have joined health and medical support teams to combat the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia, but the Ministry of Health (MoH) wants more.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Genting Bhd’s associate Landmarks Bhd has announced that it will be temporarily closing its resorts and leisure operations in Malaysia and Indonesia, starting today.

Kuala Lumpur (April 1): A few more large contributions have been pledged to The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund and The Edge Covid-19 Health Care Workers Support Fund, bringing the total donations from Corporate Malaysia to RM23.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): Malaysia today reported its highest daily jump in the number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 at 108, pushing the recovery tally to 645 since the first coronavirus case was detected in the country over two months ago in late January.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): The Selangor government has decided to cancel Ramadan bazaars until the Health Ministry and Health Department says otherwise, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): The Social and Welfare Department has announced new guideline for NGOs distributing aid directly to the needy impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, Malaysikini reported today.