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KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): The extra assistance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to be announced by the government must come with adequate conditions to ensure the SMEs do not retrench workers or cut their salaries and leaves, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): Chief Justice (CJ) Tan Sri Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat (pictured) has urged judicial officers to consider the risk of contagion when sentencing offenders to jail during the COVID-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 5): The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 179 new Covid-19 positive cases, bringing the total to 3,662 confirmed cases as at noon today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Will the movement control order (MCO) be extended beyond April 14? The Health Ministry will have to provide data on April 10 to help the government make a decision, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed today during a media conference on the latest COVID-19 situation in the country in Putrajaya today.

The COVID-19 outbreak continues to dominate our everyday lives, with the Movement Control Order (MCO) announced on March 16 severely restricting our capacity to carry out tasks that, until so recently, seemed commonplace and mundane.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 150 new confirmed Covid-19 cases as at noon today, bringing the tally to 3,483 in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The government has waived the 14-day quarantine rule for Malaysians working in Singapore who plan to re-enter the country, but with conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): The World Health Organization has revealed that more young people are becoming very ill and dying from the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Lembah Pantai here is now the district with the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country at 322 cases as of yesterday, taking over Hulu Langat in Selangor as the top red zone, reported the Malay Mail based on Ministry of Health figures.

PETALING JAYA (April 4): A joint memorandum calling for property management services to be listed as an essential service during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period has been submitted to Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin by the National House Buyers Association (HBA), the Malaysian Institute of Property and Facilities Managers (MIPFM), the Board of Valuers, Appraisers, Estate Agents and Property Managers (BOVAEP), the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) and the Property Surveying Section of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia  (RISM).