News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): The two brothers of the Shamsuddin family, Tan Sri Shahril Shamsuddin and Datuk Shaziman Shamsuddin of Sapura Holdings, have come forward to donate RM1 million to help fight the COVID-19 heath crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is likely to introduce additional relief measures to ease borrowers affected by by the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced today that it is allowing banking institutions to tap into their capital buffers, and to provide flexibility on several operating guidelines as the nation grapples with the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): Health director-general (DG) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced one more death from COVID-19 late last night, bringing the total number of fatalities to 16.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The Health Ministry has designated a total of 33 hospitals nationwide, to treat COVID-19 patients.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Automatic moratorium on loan repayments will be granted to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals — an additional measure taken by Bank Negara Malaysia to relieve the burden on businesses and households that are expected to be affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Mulpha International Bhd, which is involved in real estate, hospitality and education, has warned that revenue and earnings across its hotel and education assets will be materially impacted from mid-March, as a result of recently-introduced travel bans in Malaysia, Australia, the UK and New Zealand, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): A former senior executive of The Edge, Anne Tong, has rubbished racist views attributed to her in a Whatsapp message, which has been making the rounds on the text messaging platform.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia rose 106 as of noon today to a total 1,624, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Business sentiment among Malaysian companies dived to a new low in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), sinking into the contractionary zone of -21.