News about Covid

PETALING JAYA (March 13): Three churches in the Klang Valley have suspended services for at least two weeks owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced 39 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of confirmed cases TO 197 in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Ireland is set to go into lockdown from 6pm today (2am Malaysia) in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak, The Irish Post reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The homeless man who escaped from the Klinik Kesihatan Bukit Naga in Shah Alam after being diagnosed with fever and other symptoms of a COVID-19 infection has turned himself in, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The police are currently looking for a 54-year-old homeless man that ran away from a Klinik Kesihatan yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Another Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) cut could be carried out to prop up the domestic market and stimulate the property industry, said Persatuan Perunding Hartanah Muslim Malaysia (PEHAM) president Ishak Ismail.

The year 2020 began with the emergence of a new bug — the now infamous novel coronavirus or COVID-19, which has caused global panic and heightened vigilance because of the unprecedented speed of its transmission.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Ministry of Health (MOH) has revealed that up to 16,000 people attended that ijtima’ tabligh event at Sri Petaling Mosque from Feb 27 to March 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, had tested positive for COVID-19, the BBC reported citing a statement from the prime minister's office today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) confirms that an independent board member has tested positive for COVID-19.