News about Covid

MIRI (April 20): The Sarawak authorities have discovered that 2,484 people in Kuching “believed to be close contacts of positive Covid-19 patients” have not been to any health screenings, The Star reported today.

WASHINGTON (April 20): Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), the man leading the fight against COVID-19 in the US and the top expert on infectious disease in the country does not believe that the novel coronavirus was made in a lab, Xinhua reported recently.

PETALING JAYA (April 20): A “nationwide study” conducted by real estate sales and media company Juwai IQI revealed that “residential property prices are expected to surge in 2021” post the Covid-19 outbreak, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): A new cluster of Covid-19 infections has been detected among Malaysian students returning from Temboro, which has been declared a coronavirus red zone in the district of Magetan, Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today recorded an increase in new Covid-19 infections at 84 cases today, following two days of decline.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba said the previous government had failed to contain the tabligh cluster, without which Malaysia would only have small clusters of Covid-19 infections, Malaysiakini reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): The Ministry of Health today revealed that it has detected a new cluster of Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers in Sabah.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today reported 54 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, the lowest since the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): With concert halls and other performances spaces closed due to the movement control order (MCO), two orchestras have taken their musical talents online to pay tribute to frontliners battling Covid-19, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): Non-essential retailers have been instructed to remain shut during the Movement Control Order (MCO) for a total of six weeks from March 18 to April 28.