News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is now extending the deadlines for market participants to submit their regulatory filings and submissions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and Malaysia's partial lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia has reached 1,030, as the country records a 130 jump in new cases as at noon today, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): He claimed back in 2014 that he could help the government find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) and Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (MICC) have called for strict enforcement to make the country’s movement control order (MCO) work with the prescribed 14 days to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.

PETALING JAYA (March 20): The health ministry said a total of 15 healthcare workers, including three from the private sector, have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20):  The government has actually already banned the export of face masks effective March 18 in light of the COVID-19 situation in the country, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The Singapore government has agreed to provide accommodation for Malaysian workers in the island-state during the Movement Control Order period, said Minister of Defence Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Malaysia’s Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged the public or patients to be truthful and not to hide information in giving their history and close contacts.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia could expect many retail shops, especially in tourist-dependent areas in the country, to close down due to the impact of the recent COVID-19 outbreak coupled with economic and political turmoils in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The army will be roped in to assist the police in enforcing the Movement Control Order (MCO) from Sunday onwards, said defence minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.