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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 Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) confirms that an independent board member has tested positive for COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH) today announced nine new cases of COVID-19, raising to 158 the total number of cases in Malaysia so far.

PUTRAJAYA (March 12): It has now turned out that Malaysia’s first sporadic case of COVID-19 can actually be traced to the religious event in a mosque in Sri Petaling, reported The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The first “sporadic” COVID-19 case has been detected in the country yesterday, reported the New Straits Times (NST).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The government will soon issue guidelines on gatherings at mosques and religious events in light of the worsening global COVID-19 situation.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) has confirmed yesterday that a 60-year-old Malaysian man from Pahang, who had attended a religious gathering at a mosque in Seri Petaling here, was tested positive for COVID-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Economic growth in Malaysia is expected to slow to 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced today that about 10,000 people had taken part in a religious gathering at Masjid Seri Petaling, Selangor, between Feb 27 to March 1 where a Bruneian national infected with COVID-19 was also present.