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KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The UK is starting investigations to see if “plasma transfusions” from recovered COVID-19 patients could “speed of recovery and chances of survival” of those still infected by the virus, Reuters reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): A Malaysian and Singaporean, both students in a university in Melbourne, have become victims of a racist attack, the Singapore-based The New Paper reported today.

WASHINGTON (April 20): Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), the man leading the fight against COVID-19 in the US and the top expert on infectious disease in the country does not believe that the novel coronavirus was made in a lab, Xinhua reported recently.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): The Ministry of Health today revealed that it has detected a new cluster of Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers in Sabah.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Zoo Negara Malaysia has closed its door to the public since the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) started in March 18, 2020.

The Covid-19 pandemic has derailed the entire world.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): The undead wrapped in white sheets are being used to ‘spook’ people in a central Java village to staying at home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, say reports.

PETALING JAYA (April 16): With the COVID-19 crisis and worries over an economic recession, housing price in Malaysia is expected to fall by between 10% to 15%, which is a deeper drop than in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis, according to NawawiTie Leung Property Consultants director and regional head of research and consulting Saleha Yusoff.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Rita Wilson (pictured right), the wife of famous Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, suffered from “extreme side effects” after being treated with the COVID-19 drug chloroquine in an Australian hospital, reported The Guardian yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Worried about a "coronavirus divorce"? An enterprising Japanese short-term rental firm is marketing its empty apartments as a way for stressed couples to get some time apart during the virus lockdown, AFP reported yesterday.