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Track Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia

TRACKER | Follow the latest updates and essential information on the outbreak in Malaysia, all in one place.

Kini News Lab

a month ago

DG: Anti-malaria drug may have reduced Covid-19 patients’ need for ICU

UPDATED 10.40PM | CORONAVIRUS | Noor Hisham Abdullah says hospitals have been administering hydroxychloroquine on off-label basis since the outbreak began.

Annabelle Lee

6 h ago

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IGP: Quarantined individuals who leave hotel rooms will be detained

CORONAVIRUS | Abdul Hamid Bador says the police will not hesitate to take firm action if instructions not followed strictly.

Bernama

4 h ago

4

M'sia records 69 sporadic cases, origin unknown, says Noor Hisham

CORONAVIRUS | Health DG says the results were obtained from 8,025 tests done for sporadic infections.

Bernama

5 h ago

3

Ten days needed to screen residents at two KL buildings under lockdown

CORONAVIRUS | This means the operation at the two buildings could extend beyond the MCO if it ends on April 14 as planned.

Annabelle Lee

7 h ago

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COMMENT | Doraemon may be cute, but the women's ministry is clueless

Even in times of crisis, women are still being told to be cutesy so as not to disrupt male power in their own homes.

Jacqueline Ann Surin

17 h ago

COMMENT | Why Heineken/Carlsberg should be given some MCO exemptions

‘Supply is going to become scarce and prices are going to rise. All of this is needless.’

P Gunasegaram

16 h ago

COMMENT | It's a scary new world we're entering

The world as we know it – of free enterprise and of rapid globalisation – will dramatically change.

Azly Rahman

16 h ago

Straight fight between Muhyiddin and Mukhriz for Bersatu presidency

Mohd Faiz Azlee Sham, who was in the running when nominations closed, is not on the list of candidates released.

Hariz Mohd

8 h ago

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More top departures from gov't agencies, this time Socso

The technocrat Zakri Khir is to be replaced by a politician, Bersatu’s Sabak Bernam MP, according to Focus M'sia.

9 h ago

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Anwar files bid to overturn Federal Court ruling on NSC Act

PKR chief files bid as 'the Federal Court ruling had caused him to suffer a serious breach of natural justice'.

Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid

7 h ago

5

MCO - life in 'green' and 'red' zones might be vastly different

CORONAVIRUS | Gov't will consider many factors before any relaxation of rules is announced, says Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

10 h ago

12

Demand for rice increases during MCO

CORONAVIRUS | Malaysia still has stockpile and will explore more foreign markets for rice, says Che Abdullah Mat Nawi.

B Nantha Kumar

8 h ago

Quarantine hotel stay capped at RM150 per day, no special treatment

CORONAVIRUS | Those who want better accommodation will have to pay for it themselves, says defence minister.

11 h ago

16

Two more buildings in KL under lockdown, 6,000 affected

UPDATED 3.51PM | CORONAVIRUS | Defence minister says Selangor Mansion and Malayan Mansion are under enhanced MCO.

11 h ago

17

All flights grounded, no pay for most Malindo Air staff

CORONAVIRUS | Staff that have to work will be paid on a daily wage basis.

12 h ago

18

‘Majority of migrant workers hired by SMEs on daily wage, no contract'

CORONAVIRUS | The majority of foreign workers employed by SMEs are illegal workers, says SME Association of Malaysia president Michael Kang.

10 h ago

6

MTUC: Criminalise retrenchment for now

CORONAVIRUS | Employees in the RM4,000 to RM8,000 category are not covered by the wage subsidy scheme, and they risk being laid off.

13 h ago

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Penang state assembly sitting to go on as scheduled - CM

CORONAVIRUS | Chow Kon Yeow says the sitting will be conducted for a brief period in compliance with MCO.

Bernama

10 h ago

5

New refugees in Langkawi appear free of Covid-19 during initial screening

CORONAVIRUS | None of the 202 had a fever, says Kedah and Perlis Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.

12 h ago

11

Putrajaya, Jasin and Rembau categorised as Covid-19 red zones

CORONAVIRUS | This was stated in a posting by the Health Ministry on its official Twitter account.

14 h ago

4

I'm firm against alcohol but won't speak on behalf of other ministers - Zulkifli

CORONAVIRUS | The de facto Islamic affairs minister says he didn't speak up sooner to first better understand the issue.

16 h ago

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Gov't told to probe, monitor foreign workers for cluster infection

CORONAVIRUS | This is important to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to protect foreign workers as well as the community at large.

13 h ago

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Economists: More has to be done for wage earners under SME stimulus package

CORONAVIRUS | One point is that while the SME stimulus package focuses on securing jobs and supporting smaller businesses, among others, there’s little for the working class.

Hidir Reduan Abdul Rashid

16 h ago

12