News about China

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing today announced that it has “temporarily closed” around 370 of its 750 famous casual clothing stores in China owing to the novel coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported.

PETALING JAYA: News of a tri-party partnership between Koperasi Alumni MKM Kuala Lumpur Bhd (Kopama), Kava Resources (M) Sdn Bhd and Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group Co Ltd (JPC) to build a million affordable homes for Malaysians over 10 years may have raised eyebrows but Kopama president is confident of proving sceptics wrong.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 7): A total of 636 people had died in Mainland China as of yesterday (Feb 6) from the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) after 73 new deaths were reported across the country, the government said today.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 6): Poultry farming, big or small, is prohibited in residential areas, warns Klang Municipal Council (MPK).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 6): China said today 563 people had died from the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak as of yesterday (Feb 5) after 73 new deaths were reported across the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): The Malaysian who was infected by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and a 38-year-old South Korean who has now tested positive for the Wuhan virus attended business meetings in Singapore, reported Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): China said today 490 people had died from the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak as of yesterday (Feb 4) after 65 new deaths were reported in the Hubei province.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Two more cities in China’s Zhejiang province are restricting “the movement of residents over fears of the spread of the coronavirus”, AFP reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Up to 147 Chinese citizens from Hubei province has been denied entry into the country since Jan 27 (when the government suspended entry for Chinese from Hubei following a spike in coronavirus cases), The Malaysian Insight reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): China said 425 people had died from the coronavirus outbreak as of yesterday as the number of infections rose.