News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Economist's Intelligence Unit, following the COVID-19 outbreak, revised its growth forecasts for all countries across the world.

PETALING JAYA (March 27): In the latest move to curb the spread of the COVID-19, China is shutting its borders from all international entries except for a few categories.

SUBANG JAYA (March 27): Sunway Group Bhd's healthcare division has pledged to accept non-COVID-19 patients from public hospitals recommended by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in an effort to ease the burden on government healthcare facilities who are currently in the midst of combating the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Worried that his tenant might suffer from a loss of income owing to the extended movement control order (MCO), a kind-hearted landlord has given his tenant free rent for a month, according to a screenshot of the conversation posted by a Malay lady named "Siti Shabariya Sahlan" (the tenant) on Facebook on Wednesday, reported Sin Chew Daily.

PETALING JAYA: What will you do when your tenant requests a rent cut because of financial difficulties due to the impact of the global COVID-19 outbreak? With no questions asked, landladies Jennifer Wong and Cynthia Lim decided to reduce the rental fees to help their tenants get through this difficult time.

PETALING JAYA (March 27): The Health Ministry has detected five "generations" of positive COVID-19 cases that were linked to the tabligh gathering in the Seri Petaling Mosque last month, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there has been one more death due to COVID-19 that was reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre, bringing the total number of deaths in Malaysia to 24.

PETALING JAYA: From the political turmoil which resulted in a change in government to the COVID-19 pandemic that has placed the country in partial lockdown coupled with the stock market meltdown — recent developments in Malaysia have been far from favourable.

PETALING JAYA (Mar 27): Tenants of Tropicana Gardens Mall, Kota Damansara, Selangor, will see their rentals waived for the duration of the Movement Control Order (MCO).

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): A joint-government operation for the vagrant and homeless community in Kuala Lumpur yesterday found 183 individuals loitering in several areas of the city centre, the Malay Mail reported today.