News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): A Chinese provincial radio reported at least two apparent fatalities at a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine centre that collapsed yesterday evening in Quanzhou city, in the southeastern Fujian province, with about 80 people inside, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): There are 10 new confirmed positive cases of Covid-19 as of noon today, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH), raising the total number of cases to 93 from 83 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): The death toll in Italy from COVID-19 has now risen by 49 since yesterday to reach 197, the country’s Civil Protection Agency announced on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): Pavilion KL (pictured) and Berjaya Times Square have come out yesterday to refute recordings that have gone viral on social media that urged the public to avoid the Bukit Bintang area as it is allegedly filled with Chinese nationals from coronavirus-hit areas.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): The South Korean government has today banned the the export of face masks, The Korea Times reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): UDA Holdings chairman Datuk Hisham Hamdan — who is the 26th confirmed case of Covid-19 in the country and has been linked to 16 other infections — has issued a statement to explain the facts of his particular circumstance, following various news reports on his case.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): There are now five new Covid-19 cases in the country, bringing the total positive cases to 55, according to health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): Visitors, contractors and officers entering the premises of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) will have to undergo body temperature tests as a preventative measure amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

PETALING JAYA (March 5): The footfalls at 1 Utama Shopping Centre in Bandar Utama, PJ has not been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, according to 1 Utama Director Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): US-based Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI) is postponing SEMICON Southeast Asia 2020, the region’s premier event for the global electronics manufacturing supply chain, from May 12-14, 2020 to Aug 11-13, 2020.