News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): All mass gatherings should be postponed to minimise the spread of COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Economic growth in Malaysia is expected to slow to 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAS) is the latest airline to ask its 13,000 employees to take voluntary unpaid leave as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) takes a heavy toll on airlines' bottom line.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Genting Bhd to negative from stable to reflect its view that Genting Bhd's revenue and EBITDA will drop by 20%-25% and 25%-30% respectively in 2020 because of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The World Health Organization called the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, issuing a grim warning that the global spread and severity of the illness was due to "alarming levels of inaction", AFP reported late yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for COVID-19, the US actor said yesterday, AFP reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced today that about 10,000 people had taken part in a religious gathering at Masjid Seri Petaling, Selangor, between Feb 27 to March 1 where a Bruneian national infected with COVID-19 was also present.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that there are 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total tally to 149.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): UK’s health minister Nadine Dorries, 62, has been tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), reported the BBC today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Employees who want to maintain their share of the statutory contribution to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) at 11% can opt to fill the KWSP 17A (Khas 2020) form available at its website, www.