News about Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): The National Security Council (NSC) has allowed manufacturing industries to continue to operate under certain conditions during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period, especially for the production of critical products.

  PETALING JAYA (March 18): The Malaysian Institute of Estate Agents (MIEA) said there is an urgent need for the government to come up with further measures to help alleviate the financial burden of workers as industries reel from the COVID-19 crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Malaysia Airlines Bhd said that its airline will “significantly reduce its overall network” during the nationwide Movement Control Order from now until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): As the country imposes the movement control order starting today in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah is pleading with Malaysians to stay at home.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): An employee from Standard Chartered Malaysia's Petaling Jaya branch has tested positive for Covid-19, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Malaysia's movement restriction order is negative for the construction and basic materials sectors, said RHB Research.

PETALING JAYA (March 18): In a bid to contain COVID-19, President of Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Kamaruddin Baharin advises hotel operators to limit the movement of people in line with the Restricted Movement Control order until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Bursa Malaysia Bhd has informed its shareholders that the bourse regulator and operator's 43rd annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled here on March 31, 2020 is postponed following Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement on Malaysia's 14-day Movement Control Order from today to March 31 to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection.

2020年初始，全世界迎来了传播性极强的新病毒——新型冠状肺炎（简称Covid-19），在短短数月内让全球多国相继沦陷。 尽管与其他国家比较之下，马来西亚疫情并不算严峻，但是确证病患人数在短期内迅速攀升，不容忽视。 Infection Control Association of Malaysia的主席Norayati Abd Majid医生博士告诉EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has today announced two deaths from the Covid-19 cases (178th and 358th cases) reported to the Crises Preparedness and Response Centre.