Ashraf Muslim tests positive for Covid-19
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.
MCO offenders to be housed in correctional academies, says minister
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.
Covid-19: Number of infections in Lembah Pantai now at 572, surpasses Taiwan, Vietnam and Brunei
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Lembah Pantai continues to be the worst-hit coronavirus hotspot in the country with 572 new cases or 1.
Lawyers: MCO penalties counter-productive, unduly harsh
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.
Trump halts US funding to WHO
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.
Bill Gates predicted an epidemic would kill millions in 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Billionaire Bill Gates predicted in 2015 that there would be an epidemic that would result in millions of deaths.
Muhyiddin thanks US and DOJ for returning US$300m of seized 1MDB assets
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).
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Malaysia may have flattened pandemic curve at end of MCO Phase 2, says Health DG
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".
Health Ministry's political post on Facebook page irks netizens
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): A now-deleted political Facebook post on the Health Ministry's official page has caused a storm, with many saying the ministry should remain neutral and apolitical, Malaysiakini reported yesterday.
