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KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): In a bid to ensure food security during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, the government has announced an RM1 billion allocation for the nation’s food security fund.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Several measures were announced by the government that were targeted at civil servants, public sector contract workers, as well as pensioners.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27):  The movement control order (MCO) being carried out by the government now is actually part of preparations to face the COVID-19 third wave, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Health Ministry's preliminary probe into the high number of cases in the Kluang district detected at least four clusters of infection there, reported Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Affin Bank Bhd and Affin Islamic Bank Bhd will be offering their retail customers and SME clients non-compounding interest or profit for six months, for term loan and term financing, during the moratorium for financing facilities due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The Malaysian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association (Margma) has warned distributors to refrain from profiteering as there is adequate supply of gloves in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): The government will be focusing on domestic investment activities that have high multiplier effects and can create jobs, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in a speech today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): 130 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in the country as of noon today, bringing the number of positive cases in Malaysia to 2,161 — the fifth highest in Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Airbnb will provide free or subsidised housing for up to 100,000 relief workers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, AFP reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Malaysia is setting aside RM1 billion more from its economic stimulus package announced today for its Health Ministry to procure more medical equipment as well as healthcare services from the private sector to combat the coronavirus pandemic.