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KUALA LUMPUR (May 26): The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday temporarily suspended its trial of hydroxycholoroquine for Covid-19 treatment owing to worries over safety, say reports.

PETALING JAYA (May 14): "Whole chicken" samples obtained from the poultry processing factory in Pedas, Negeri Sembilan have tested negative for the coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease, The Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Snap some pictures and you think you got the whole story.

SEREMBAN (May 3): Another wet market in the country has to close owing to the Covid-19 spread.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): Putrajaya today announced its sixth enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at Pusat Bandar Utara and the areas surrounding the Selayang wholesale market also known as the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market, say reports.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Countries that ease restrictions imposed to fight the spread of Covid-19 should wait at least two weeks to evaluate the impact of such changes before easing again, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday, according to a Reuters report.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 27): Malaysia has been chosen by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the countries to participate in joint research to test the medicine for COVID-19, according to Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Selected stores in the Klang Valley saw record sales as people stocked up over the weekend after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The first “sporadic” COVID-19 case has been detected in the country yesterday, reported the New Straits Times (NST).