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KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Malaysian actor Ashraf Muslim tested positive for COVID-19, after filming a serial drama "Demi" in Inverness, Scotland, late last month, Berita Harian reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Malaysia Prison Department’s correctional academies will be “gazetted” as detention centres for those who went against the movement control order (MCO) rulings, announced Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured), the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): A US congressman has publicly stated that saving the economy is more important than a halting a “new wave” of COVID-19 deaths, reported NBC News today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Lembah Pantai continues to be the worst-hit coronavirus hotspot in the country with 572 new cases or 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Some lawyers feel that stiff punishments given out to those breaching movement control order (MCO) regulations to stem the COVID-19 spread are unduly harsh ad could even be counter-productive, The Malaysian Insight (TMI) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis, Reuters reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Billionaire Bill Gates predicted in 2015 that there would be an epidemic that would result in millions of deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today thanked the United States government and its Department of Justice (DOJ) for its return of US$300 million of funds recovered from seizures related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): As the nation approaches the third phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO) starting today, Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) said the first two phases of the MCO may have achieved its objective of "flattening the curve".

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) and the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Malaysia have pledged their commitment to work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure work safety and to prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading at construction sites, in light of the government’s recent announcement to allow critical construction activities to commence during Phase 3 of the Movement Control Order (MCO).