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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): All mass gatherings should be postponed to minimise the spread of COVID-19, the Health Ministry announced today.

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): The World Health Organization called the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, issuing a grim warning that the global spread and severity of the illness was due to "alarming levels of inaction", AFP reported late yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have both tested positive for COVID-19, the US actor said yesterday, AFP reported yesterday.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that there are 20 new confirmed COVID-19 cases today, bringing the total tally to 149.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): UK’s health minister Nadine Dorries, 62, has been tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19), reported the BBC today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed 12 new cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the total confirmed cases to 129, from 117 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): The whole of Italy has been placed under lockdown until April 3, say news reports.