News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said another 235 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, bringing it to a total of 2,031 cases as of noon Thursday (March 26), the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced yesterday that the movement control order (MCO) was being extended from March 31 to April 14 to curb COVID-19 spread.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, along with all federal ministers and their deputies, are taking a two-month pay cut, with the savings to be donated to Putrajaya’s COVID-19 Fund, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): 80 Malaysian healthcare workers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Another death from COVID-19 was reported to the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) today, bringing the tally to 21, said health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): The tough operating environment amidst the COVID-19 outbreak will make it a challenging year for Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Bhd’s property segment as property purchases will be delayed by businesses to conserve more cash, said MIDF Research.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): AmBank Group Research said the coronavirus-induced recession is expected to place both the global economy as well as the Malaysian economy into technical recession.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): Capitaland Malaysia Mall Trust (CMMT) will provide a 14-day rental waiver to tenants who provide non-essential services across all seven Capitaland malls amid the Movement Control Order (MCO), the trust said yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (March 26): The government should consider giving tax waivers or rebates especially on Sales and Services Tax (SST) and corporate tax for small and medium sized businesses or SMEs as they will be among the hardest hit by the Movement Control Order (MCO) which is now extended a further two weeks to April 14, 2020 to stem the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 26): With the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia extended for another two weeks to April 14, 2020 to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, property sales galleries will remain closed and construction works halted until then.