News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Kossan Rubber Industries Bhd’s charitable arm Yayasan Kossan has pledged to donate two million pieces of medical gloves to support Malaysian authorities in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Health director-general (DG) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today announced one more death from COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Malaysia needs to have the Movement Control Order (MCO) for at least six consecutive weeks to bring down the COVID-19 infections to a manageable level, the New Straits Times (NST) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) said they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the Games — set to begin July 24 — go ahead as scheduled, the CBC reported yesterday.

·       RM15.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Malaysia Budget Hotel Association (MyBHA) National Secretary General Denis Ong has urged hoteliers to do their part and have a positive mindset as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Equity investors usually flock to defensive stocks like real estate investment trusts (REITs) to weather any storms in the markets.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Several Teluk Intan Hospital medical personnel have been confirmed as being COVID-19 positive, but hospital services are not interrupted.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): A Singaporean decided that she has enough space to share in her four-room flat after listening to the Malaysian worker she was carpooling with recount stories of other workers who had to sleep rough after Malaysia closed its borders, TODAY reported on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): The Kedah-based anaesthesiologist, who tended to a patient who lied about having contact with a tabligh attendee and later tested positive for COVID-19, described the anguish he and his family have been put through, the Malay Mail reported Saturday.