News about disease

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): Employers have to pay the full salary of all employees — including allowances — during the March 18-31 Movement Control Order period, said the Ministry of Human Resources (MoHR).

PETALING JAYA (March 18): In a bid to contain COVID-19, President of Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Kamaruddin Baharin advises hotel operators to limit the movement of people in line with the Restricted Movement Control order until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): E-commerce, hotels and accommodation have been added to the list of essential services that will continue to operate during the nationwide movement restriction order that is enforced from today until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The government has imposed a restricted movement order nationwide from March 18 to March 31 to address the COVID-19 outbreak, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured).

PETALING JAYA (Dec 13): The woman claiming to be the second wife of former MIC president Tun S Samy Vellu, showed her thali (a chain tied by the groom around the bride’s neck in traditional Hindu marriages) to reporters reporters as proof that she and Samy Vellu were married, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): The originating summons filed by Datuk Seri S Vell Paari against his father Tun S Samy Vellu at the High Court was necessary, because the latter has been suffering from dementia brought on by Alzheimer's disease.

PETALING JAYA (July 27): Selangor is on alert level for the hand, food and mouth (HFMD) disease with 9,300 cases recorded from January until last week, state Health, Welfare, Women and Family Empowerment Committee chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud told the media today, Bernama reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): A class at Sekolah Rendah Taman Tun Dr Ismail 2 here was ordered to close today owing to the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): Melaka has seen an increase of almost 50% in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases since Jan 1 until last Wednesday, reported Bernama yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 20): Two kindergartens and a nursery in Labuan had to be closed this year due to the disease, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), reported Bernama today.