News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The Movement Control Order (MCO) to combat the COVID-19 outbreak has impacted the country’s household spending patterns, recording a decrease of RM3,504 or 55%, reported The Malaysian Reserve (TMR) based on figures by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The government is mulling to allow some of the non-essential businesses, especially those from manufacturing and services sectors, in green zones and areas with zero death cases to resume operations, Sinchew Daily reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Sepang and Kota Samarahan have been added into the red zone areas, as the number of Covid-19 confirmed cases there breached 40, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has clarified that its member hotels taking part in the COVID-19 quarantine initiative are well aware of and have agreed to the government’s RM150 room rate subsidy for lending their spaces out to be used as quarantine centres.

KUALA LUMPUR (Apr 8): Malaysians working in Singapore are advised to stay in the city-state for at least another two weeks, instead of coming back home.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): The number of new COVID-19 cases rose to 170 today from 131 yesterday, pushing the total in the country to 3,963.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): The government, under the advice of the Ministry of Health, has executed the fourth directive of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in two buildings along Jalan Masjid India here.

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PETALING JAYA (April 7): Five-star hotels and stadiums have been added to the list of quarantine centres nationwide as the government prepares for a long battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, Free Malaysia Today reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): A total of 88 positive Covid-19 cases has been detected among the attendees of the wedding banquet in Bandar Baru Bangi.