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KUALA LUMPUR (may 14): A 30-year-old man who was found dead with Covid-19 infection in Rompin was supposedly walking from Segamat, Johor, to Kuala Terengganu when he collapsed and died, according to an undertaker who managed his final rites, Malaysiakini reported today.

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KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): The 228-room The Emperor Hotel Melaka (pictured) will cease operations, impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing movement control order (MCO) that was imposed, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Ministry of Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) has warned that Malaysia may see an exponential surge of Covid-19 infections in mid-June if Malaysians do not comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP) under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Malaysia saw 37 new cases of Covid-19 during the 24-hour period until noon today, including four imported cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is extending the date for employers to remit their mandatory contribution for May until July, from the 15th to the 30th of each month.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): The Dewan Rakyat may miss the motion for the no-confidence vote against prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on May 18, as there will be no sitting at the one-day session.

PUTRAJAYA (May 13): The National Security Council (NSC) has decided to limit visits in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Pesta Kaamatan and Hari Gawai to only the first day of the festivals in view of the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), Bernama reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Six new Covid-19 cases stemming from local transmissions in Wuhan, China just two weeks after the city discharged its last patients from hospital are worrying health authorities, reported the Straits Times (ST) To prevent a second wave of infections, the authorities have “ordered” all of the city’s 11 million residents to “undergo nucleic acid testing over a 10-day period”, said the report.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Star Media Group's CEO Andreas Vogiatzakis (pictured) resigns after nine months on the job, several sources say.