MCO violation: Cops halt drug-fuelled private parties, 35 arrested
KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): Police in the city has “busted” drug-fuelled private parties at two condominiums while arresting 35 people, the Malay Mail reported today.
Report: Singaporean and Malaysian students hurt in racist attack in Melbourne
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.
2,484 close contacts have not undergone tests in Sarawak
MIRI (April 20): The Sarawak authorities have discovered that 2,484 people in Kuching “believed to be close contacts of positive Covid-19 patients” have not been to any health screenings, The Star reported today.
Anthony Fauci does not think novel coronavirus was made in lab
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.
Study: Residential property prices to surge after COVID-19 pandemic
PETALING JAYA (April 20): A “nationwide study” conducted by real estate sales and media company Juwai IQI revealed that “residential property prices are expected to surge in 2021” post the Covid-19 outbreak, reported Free Malaysia Today (FMT).
COVID-19: Malaysia detects new infection cluster from students returning from Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): A new cluster of Covid-19 infections has been detected among Malaysian students returning from Temboro, which has been declared a coronavirus red zone in the district of Magetan, Indonesia.
COVID-19: Daily new cases rises to 84 after two days of decline, still less than daily recoveries of 95
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today recorded an increase in new Covid-19 infections at 84 cases today, following two days of decline.
Consumer groups urge Mydin to follow health ministry advice on disinfection
PETALING JAYA (April 19): Consumer groups have urged Mydin hypermarkets (pictured) to follow the advice issued by the health ministry concerning its disinfection efforts using the mist spray, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported.
Health minister blames tabligh cluster on previous govt, gets told off by ex-minister
KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba said the previous government had failed to contain the tabligh cluster, without which Malaysia would only have small clusters of Covid-19 infections, Malaysiakini reported yesterday.
Covid-19: New cluster with 31 positive cases found among healthcare workers in Sabah
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.
