News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): A Muslim pilgrims’ event which is supposed to host thousands of people at the South Sulawesi province in Indonesia has been postponed over fears of the COVID-19 spread, a local official told Reuters.

SINGAPORE (March 19): Past midnight, Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes, according to a report by TODAY published today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): RHB Bank and RHB Islamic Bank are now offering a moratorium of up to six months for loan repayments to customers affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, via its financial relief programme.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): CIMB Bank Bhd and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd have expanded their financial relief programmes for customers who have been impacted by the continued COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The government said the palm oil industry may continue operations during the restricted movement period to ensure steady supplies of the tropical oil to global markets, a producer group told Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The National Security Council (NSC) has allowed manufacturing industries to continue to operate under certain conditions during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, especially for the production of critical products.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) has appealed to all Malaysians to "just stay home" to adhere to the 14-day Movement Control Order that came into force today, to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.

JAKARTA (March 18): Thousands of Muslim pilgrims from across Asia gathered in Indonesia today, despite fears that their meeting could fuel the spread of a coronavirus, just two weeks after a similar event in Malaysia caused more than 500 infections, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The visiting of prisoners by family members of inmates at all prisons in the country has been postponed following the implementation of the Movement Control Order.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Malaysia has recorded another 117 new cases of COVID-19 as at noon today, bringing the total confirmed cases to 790, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.