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KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Malaysia needs to have the Movement Control Order (MCO) for at least six consecutive weeks to bring down the COVID-19 infections to a manageable level, the New Straits Times (NST) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) said they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the Games — set to begin July 24 — go ahead as scheduled, the CBC reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Equity investors usually flock to defensive stocks like real estate investment trusts (REITs) to weather any storms in the markets.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Malaysia’s richest tycoons have lost an estimated RM30.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): A Singaporean decided that she has enough space to share in her four-room flat after listening to the Malaysian worker she was carpooling with recount stories of other workers who had to sleep rough after Malaysia closed its borders, TODAY reported on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Petaling Jaya and Lembah Pantai have the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the Klang Valley, accounting for 6.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Four locations in the city have been designated “COVID-19 red zones” and placed under “intensive” watch by the authorities during their Movement Control Order (MCO) enforcement, the New Straits Times reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Parkson Holdings Bhd’s executive chairman Tan Sri William Cheng said the retail group is currently in uncharted territory and he could not gauge the adverse impact brought by the COVID-19 outbreak and the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Malaysia has recorded the third COVID-19 death this evening.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is now extending the deadlines for market participants to submit their regulatory filings and submissions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and Malaysia's partial lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.