News about coronavirus

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): US President Donald Trump (pictured) has confirmed yesterday that “we are not closing our country” even if it suffers a second wave of Covid-19 coronavirus infections, CNBC reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): More than 40 lots at the Pasar Besar Taman Tun Dr Ismail have been closed by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) from tomorrow until June 1.

Malaysian mall-goers are keen to visit again now that the Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) period is over but mostly only when the need arises due to health and safety concerns over the Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): A study has shown that men’s blood has higher levels of “a key enzyme” compared with women that is used by the virus that causes Covid-19 to infect cells, Reuters reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Researchers in China have revealed that the novel coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease has been found in the semen of infected men, reported the UK-based The Guardian newspaper yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): It has been reported that pop superstar Madonna (pictured) was seen “flouting” social distancing rules to attend the birthday party of photographer and friend Steven Klein.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease “appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation”, Bloomberg reported on a new study.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): US President Donald Trump has made a “stunning” suggestion that people could receive injections of disinfectant to cure them of the COVID-19 infection, say reports.

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 (March 19): The government is trying to track down about 2,000 Rohingya men who went for the Sri Petaling mosque gathering on Feb 27 to March 1, Reuters reported today.