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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): 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, (April  8): Some 30 to 40 per cent of employees in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are at risk of being laid off because they are not protected by the stimulus measures announced to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, says the country’s apex labour union group.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): Malaysians occupied 12 spots on Forbes’ 2020 Billionares List, compared to 13 in 2019.

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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 Ministry of Health has found 69 positive COVID-19 cases that could not be traced to any clear source of infection and do not appear to be related to any of the identified main clusters of infections.

TOKYO (April 7): Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) today declared a one-month state of emergency in seven areas in the country owing to the spread of the COVID-19 disease, reported Sputnik news agency today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): Residents at Parc Regency Serviced Apartment, Johor Bahru have come up with "no-touch" tips in an effort to prevent the COVID-19 virus in their apartment project.