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KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Property prices are expected to decline by as much as 20% in the next few months with more motivated sellers, as the impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold.

TOKYO (April 16): Asia’s economic growth this year will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years, as the coronavirus crisis takes an “unprecedented” toll on the region’s service sector and major export destinations, the International Monetary Fund said today, according to a Reuters report.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Countries that ease restrictions imposed to fight the spread of Covid-19 should wait at least two weeks to evaluate the impact of such changes before easing again, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday, according to a Reuters report.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Four new cases were reported in the Kampung Baru and Bali clusters of infections, according to the data given by the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Malaysia has yet to identify the particular strain of novel coronavirus that caused the spread of Covid-19 in the country, said Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) wants the government to give optical shops the option to continue operations during the third phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO).

NEW DELHI/KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): India has agreed to sell hydroxychloroquine tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar told Reuters on Wednesday, with New Delhi partially lifting its bar on exports of the anti-malarial drug.

KUALA KANGSAR (April 15): Eight employees from a funeral service company were fined RM8,000 (RM1,000 each person) for defying the Movement Control Order (MCO), Sinchew Daily reported today.

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