News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The government said the palm oil industry may continue operations during the restricted movement period to ensure steady supplies of the tropical oil to global markets, a producer group told Reuters today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The National Security Council (NSC) has allowed manufacturing industries to continue to operate under certain conditions during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, especially for the production of critical products.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured) has appealed to all Malaysians to "just stay home" to adhere to the 14-day Movement Control Order that came into force today, to break the chain of COVID-19 infection.

JAKARTA (March 18): Thousands of Muslim pilgrims from across Asia gathered in Indonesia today, despite fears that their meeting could fuel the spread of a coronavirus, just two weeks after a similar event in Malaysia caused more than 500 infections, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The visiting of prisoners by family members of inmates at all prisons in the country has been postponed following the implementation of the Movement Control Order.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Malaysia has recorded another 117 new cases of COVID-19 as at noon today, bringing the total confirmed cases to 790, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

  PETALING JAYA (March 18): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) said there is an urgent need for the government to come up with further measures to help alleviate the financial burden of workers as industries reel from the COVID-19 crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) has clarified that its COVID-19 rapid test kits do exist, and is currently awaiting approval from the local authorities and certification from the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Express Rail Link (ERL), the operator of KLIA Express and KLIA Transit services, announced today that the schedule of its train services is going to be adjusted from Friday (March 20), given the enforcement of the government's Movement Control Order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): With the spike in COVID-19 cases over the past few days plus two deaths, it was only inevitable a “lockdown” of sorts would be implemented all over the country.