Archive - 25 March 2020

Some 200 worshippers were present when the assailants enter the complex.

CORONAVIRUS | The victim, a 76-year-old man, is linked to the Sri Petaling tabligh cluster.

CORONAVIRUS | Spain is looking to extend a 15-day lockdown by 30 days as the death toll mounts.

CORONAVIRUS | Two other men, including a police officer, were also charged for defying the MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | Singapore Manpower Ministry says employers will have to decide on how best to house the affected workers.

CORONAVIRUS | Not being on active duty is not seen as an excuse by the 58-year-old to remain idle in this time of need.

CORONAVIRUS | New Chapter by the Owls offers 80 cups of coffee to health workers daily.

MP SPEAKS | The government must act with wartime-like decisiveness and take bold actions for the nation to overcome Covid-19 crisis.

CORONAVIRUS | Various trials are underway on the effectiveness of malaria drugs but no firm evidence to show they are effective.

COMMENT | We need leaders who make sound and valid decisions.

CORONAVIRUS | His wife, Camilia, tested negative.

LETTER | The virus has exposed the fragility of our dynamic inter-connected systems.

UPDATED 8.15PM | CORONAVIRUS | Health DG says that with the ongoing public health activities coupled with the MCO, the number of cases may not reach that figure.

CORONAVIRUS | EPF measures and loan repayment deferrals don't cut it, says the Subang MP.

UPDATED 7.31PM | CORONAVIRUS | Health DG urges frontliners to inform dept heads if they had contact with those who went to a wedding in Bangi and Putrajaya earlier this month.

CORONAVIRUS | Three of every five gloves are made in Malaysia.

Mukhriz Mahathir says they should be considered an essential service as without them, food couldn't be packaged.

UPDATED 7.17PM | CORONAVIRUS | Total number of cases as of noon is now at 1,796, with 172 new cases.

CORONAVIRUS | Modi ordered three-week shutdown some four hours before it came into effect.

CORONAVIRUS | Four new cases are linked to a mass religious gathering at a mosque in Malaysia.

CORONAVIRUS | An Indonesian woman was also sentenced to four weeks' jail for stealing a handphone on March 16.

CORONAVIRUS | LLRC asks MEF to instead support gov't's efforts in helping to mitigate the effects of the crisis.

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri says that the final decision will be left to the respective religious authorities of each state.

LETTER | Government is suffering from the asymptomatic syndrome.

Malaysiakini wades through the confusion to provide clarity on matters related to the control order.

Among those indicted is the former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence and a former royal adviser.

There are an estimate 40,000 asymptomatic carriers that are not added to the official infection tally in China.

CORONAVIRUS | When you are sailing into a storm, you want to be certain who your captain is, says Teo Chee Hean.

CORONAVIRUS | The recent reduction to its statutory reserve requirement also released some RM30 billion into the banking system.

LETTER | Although serving at the frontlines, they are not being given permanent positions.

CORONAVIRUS | Deferring repayments will help prevent job cuts and bankruptcies, but experts hope to see finance ministry step in to subsidise salaries.

CORONAVIRUS | It urges those who had contact with the 5 infected to urgently get tested.

CORONAVIRUS | Merhrom president says many are without cash and food.

CORONAVIRUS | With locked borders and grounded commercial planes, the alternative is 60-hour flights involving many transits.

Cops picked up the individual after he purportedly made a remark about the royalty on Twitter.

CORONAVIRUS | One of the claims is that RM300 fine will be imposed on those found sharing a car with at least one person.

CORONAVIRUS | RM960,000 added for food purchase to help ease the burden of the people due to Covid-19.

UPDATED 6.45PM | CORONAVIRUS | Minister notes health, scientific and epidemiological data demand an extension of the MCO.

UPDATED 4.47PM | CORONAVIRUS | CM also announces several incentives for vulnerable groups to help them sustain themselves.

CORONAVIRUS | With the tagline 'Sabah, we care', state stimulus package to help rakyat, frontliners and businesses.

CORONAVIRUS | Nearly 421,000 people have been infected across the world.

UPDATED 4.30PM | CORONAVIRUS | This is among three extraordinary measures needed to help the less privileged, says Pakatan Harapan.

LETTER | This will put an additional burden on B40 workers involved in essential services.

COMMENT | There is a need for international collaboration on the development of a good protocol for treating patients.

CORONAVIRUS | This, after they complained of losses due to the movement control order.

The initiative aims to encourage people to comply with the MCO, says OCBC head of consumer financial services Lim Wyson.

PKR treasurer Lee Chean Chung wants Putrajaya to help people suffering income reduction, job loss and the underprivileged.

UPDATED 6PM | CORONAVIRUS | Zakat collection centres urged to be more 'proactive' and aid those not previously listed as recipients.

UPDATED 2.08PM | The prime minister says the package will be people-centric and comprehensive.

UPDATED 2.58PM | CORONAVIRUS | Muhyiddin says two more have succumbed to the disease, bringing the death toll to 17.

UPDATED 2.04PM | CORONAVIRUS | Decision made as gov't expects the number of Covid-19 cases to keep increasing.

CORONAVIRUS | In East Malaysia, the increase of new Covid-19 cases over the last three days have been less severe.

The quick service restaurant chain is sponsoring meals to healthcare workers at about 50 hospitals nationwide.

CORONAVIRUS | IGP says those who think they are 'immune' to Covid-19 risk getting locked up.

CORONAVIRUS | Vegetable sellers and their delivery partners are finding it difficult to conduct business as wholesale markets badly affected by MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | Patient 1251 had a history of chronic illness and was warded at the Muar Hospital on March 20 in critical condition.

CORONAVIRUS | DBKL is carrying out cleaning and disinfecting work on 19 market spaces up to 10pm.

CORONAVIRUS | This comes after the lecturer carried on teaching without informing the authorities.

CORONAVIRUS | Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri reiterates that the fund is for all who need help including frontliners and others.

CORONAVIRUS | Minister says they are allowed to continue operating according to the guidelines.

CORONAVIRUS | The teen climate activist says she may have contacted the coronavirus during her recent travels in Europe.

Bank Negara provides a comprehensive explanation of how the 6-month loan/financing repayment moratorium works.

Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik says this will help tourism workers, who have been heavily impacted by the pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS | The news sent shares in South Korean manufacturers of test kits for the virus rocketing higher.

In a series of tweets, she says many ingredients are needed for a coalition gov't comprising of political parties with diverse ideologies.

CORONAVIRUS | It is unclear why the masks, produced by a German firm, had been in Kenya.

CORONAVIRUS | Rajiv calls upon the federal government to help after cutting down on public transport.

CORONAVIRUS | Coronavirus cases surged to 205 today as the gov't imposed self-isolation for everyone.

CORONAVIRUS | Communist Party denying the world information it needs to prevent further cases, says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

CORONAVIRUS | Miti's approval to restart company operations exposes workers to the peril of Covid-19, says Penang MTUC.

CORONAVIRUS | Sabah Health director Christina Rundi says those who violate the order face a jail term of two years or fined, or both.

This is to assist individuals and SMEs to manage the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.

CORONAVIRUS | JP Morgan predicts that the infection rate in Malaysia would peak in the middle of April, at about 6,300.

CORONAVIRUS | The Sultan also expressed concern that there were some who stubbornly did not observe the MCO

The International Islamic University Malaysia students still in the Gombak campus have taken the task to feed the hundreds of cats there.

The order has forced some buskers to embrace other alternatives to earn a living.

COMMENT | It opens up a pathway to work with the federal and local authorities to stem the viral outbreak.

KINI ROUNDUP | Key headlines you may have missed yesterday, in brief.

COMMENT | The MCO here is not as strict as it is in some countries and it really should not be difficult to follow.

Essential food is running low as the movement control order has caused Orang Asli to lose their income.

CORONAVIRUS | Health director-general says the deceased had a history of chronic diseases.