News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The Ministry of Health reported 1,213 new Covid-19 infections today, with three more deaths, raising cumulative coronavirus infections in the country to 328,466, with total deaths now at 1,223.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Twelve new Covid-19 clusters have been identified, of which eight are linked to workplaces, two are community infections while one each is related to a detention centre and an imported case, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The government has introduced new initiatives and extended existing ones for tourism, retail and other sectors that are affected by Covid-19 under the PEMERKASA stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The Malaysian government today announced additional stimulus measures to oil the wheel of economic growth.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Malaysia today registered 1,219 new Covid-19 cases, a slight increase from the 1,063 reported yesterday, yet marking the 12th consecutive day that new cases stayed below the 2,000 mark.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped further to 1,063 today, bringing the country's cumulative coronavirus infections to 326,034.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) passenger count across Malaysia more than halved to 318,000 in February, from 754,000 in January, hit by temporary flight suspensions partly due to the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): Malaysia reported 1,208 new Covid-19 cases today, the lowest daily figure so far this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): Malaysia reported 1,354 new Covid-19 cases and four more deaths today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Malaysia recorded 1,470 new Covid-19 cases today, marking eight straight days of reporting fewer than 2,000 new daily infections.