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KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): With the conditional movement control order (CMCO) taking over from the MCO today, people will now be allowed to travel beyond 10km radius from their homes to buy groceries, food or for medical treatment, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob clarified today.

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 (May 4): As the federal government relaxes the movement control order (MCO) from today to allow nearly all economic sectors in the country to open for business, opposition leaders are calling for at least two weeks of a full parliamentary sitting, starting May 18, and not just one day.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 55 today, bringing the tally to 6,353, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Snap some pictures and you think you got the whole story.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): US President Donald Trump (pictured) said yesterday he “believes as many as 100,000 Americans” could perish in the Covid-19 pandemic after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, Reuters reported.

As the Movement Control Order (MCO) ended yesterday to be replaced with the Conditional MCO from today, Klang Valley folk start going back to the malls albeit in small numbers while some cannot wait to get some exercise done in the parks.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4) New Zealand today recorded no new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus for the first time since March 16, Reuters reported.

SINGAPORE (May 4): The island republic’s “circuit breaker measures” will remain in for another week and businesses such as barbers, home-based bakers and laundry services will be allowed to start operating on May 12, the Straits Times reported.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): One of singer/actor Jay Chou’s restaurants in Taipei will close after operating more than 13 years, say reports.