Archive - 1 April 2020

CORONAVIRUS | They were detained after police received complaints from the public.

CORONAVIRUS | An online portal with details on the application process and procedures for reimbursements will go live soon.

CORONAVIRUS | Johor police chief says if the participants do not come forward, strict action will be taken.

Those who already have income tax data with the board do not need to register for Bantuan Prihatin Nasional.

CORONAVIRUS | Myanmar has confirmed 15 cases of the virus and one death.

CORONAVIRUS | This includes a claim that there was a case in Taman Nilam, Selangor.

Khazanah also announced that Dr M has stepped down as chairperson and member of the board effective March 25, 2020.

CORONAVIRUS | The M'sian Embassy in Cairo informs that there's no need to bring M'sian students home at this time.

CORONAVIRUS | The allegation has also been denied by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.

CORONAVIRUS | Images showing unkempt and dirty conditions of a quarantine centre in Sabah went viral earlier today.

CORONAVIRUS | A sampling kit for Covid-19 tests typically contains one or two swabs for taking samples from the back of a patient’s nose and throat.

CORONAVIRUS | Noor Hisham Abdullah explains that the total capacity is also for treatment and not only for tracking.

CORONAVIRUS | The order was issued in a federal gazette published yesterday and applicable nationwide.

CORONAVIRUS | Gov't looking to boost its team of frontliners by employing private health practitioners to fight Covid-19.

UPDATED 7.29PM | CORONAVIRUS | Health DG says the trajectory of the number of positive cases is lower than MIER's projection.

Amiruddin Shaari says RM250,000 have been raised so far to aid children of frontliners in Selangor.

CORONAVIRUS | Public hospitals now have 219 ventilators and another 68 on loan from private sector, says Health DG.

CORONAVIRUS | The slump has been caused by the coronavirus pandemic and price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.

CORONAVIRUS | The 36 new cases on Tuesday involved arrivals from overseas, down from 48 a day earlier, bringing the total cases to 81,554.

Members have up to April 30 to make submissions in order to receive monthly withdrawal payments beginning May.

LETTER | Dismissal cases take an enormous time for settlement which will undoubtedly involve huge costs.

Amirudin Shari is confident that traders can shift their businesses online to create an "online bazaar" instead.

But it stresses the public must heed the Ministry of Health's advice to disinfect their clothing once home.

CORONAVIRUS | The homeless are tested for Covid-19 before they are relocated to a shelter.

CORONAVIRUS | Health DG says 102 people are being treated in the ICU, eight more compared to yesterday.

CORONAVIRUS | The electoral reform group says both the federal and state stimulus plans should be debated in the respective legislatures.

KINILENS | 181 homeless urbanites receive temporary shelter in an effort to stop spread of Covid-19 during MCO.

A comprehensive and flexible medical coverage with smart benefits.

CORONAVIRUS | This comes as the authorities are cracking down on people found to be flouting the MCO

CORONAVIRUS | The Covid-19 situation has affected the hospitality industry.

CORONAVIRUS | S'pore's Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation donates RM1m to Permaisuri Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah's foundation.

CORONAVIRUS | NGOs must register with nearest state welfare department or its district office a day before distribution date.

CORONAVIRUS | A densely populated area in the state of Jiharkand, where the woman stayed, is now under curfew.

Half of the nearly 9,000 South Koreans employed by the US military are placed on unpaid leave starting today.

CORONAVIRUS | He says media reports stating that he decided to proceed with bazaars were inaccurate.

CORONAVIRUS | It says this because Malaysia has yet to see a proper projection of the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak.

CORONAVIRUS | Tengku Hassanal also urges the people of Pahang to abide by the movement control order.

COMMENT | A gov't of the people must show the courage to engage democratically with its constituents.

LETTER | We must stabilise key sectors such as water and energy to ensure we are prepared for a turbulent economy in 2020 and 2021.

CORONAVIRUS | Viral videos expose substandard living conditions, amenities at Covid-19 quarantine centres in Sabah.

LETTER | In the Malaysian context, politics influence law and it can be the other way round too.

LETTER | We need your help to protect the rakyat of Malaysia.

CORONAVIRUS | Noor Hisham advises public to take care of individual hygiene as others can't be expected to do it for them.

OBITUARY | Truly, a legend in his lifetime and well after.

COMMENT | The next 14 days are very crucial - MCO is not meant to be implemented forever.

CORONAVIRUS | Some poultry farmers resort to 'panic selling', although there are disagreements whether the drop in demand is severe.

Its president Tan Chee Hee says some families are buying up to 120 eggs per week.

LETTER | Are some groups getting more at the expense of others?

MP SPEAKS | The special allowance should also include ETD doctors, hospital cleaners, pharmacists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and counsellors.

CORONAVIRUS | Alexander Nanta Linggi says this comes pending additional instructions issued by NSC, local authorities, among others.

CORONAVIRUS | The ministry's quick response team today has issued a media statement on three fake news items.

CORONAVIRUS | Hoping for an end to the MCO as the New Year of the Tamils, Malayalees and Sikhs fall on the same date this year, April 14.

COMMENT | Here's a brutal truth - they need to be rescued, and rescued fast enough

LETTER | Did we fail to realise that we are living in a borderless world? Any virus knows that.

CORONAVIRUS | Florida governor declares the vessel unwelcome to prevent sick passengers from being 'dumped' on his state.

LETTER | Why are we not making it mandatory that all healthcare workers use appropriate PPE?

UPDATED 12.48PM | The economist and activist passed away at 68 after years of battling cancer.

Report: Nay Myo Lin has been arrested over last week's interview with the Arakan Army rebel group.

CORONAVIRUS | The process will be carried out in seven villages in Sungai Lui which are under the enhanced MCO.

CORONAVIRUS | It's critical to follow the guidelines for the next 30 days. It's a matter of life and death, says Trump.

CORONAVIRUS | Experts predict the peak of mortality in the US would occur on April 15 where 2,214 people may die on that day.

CORONAVIRUS | The pilgrimage is set to begin in late July, but the outbreak has raised questions if it can proceed.

LETTER | The dire situation does call for drastic measures.

There is not a single infection among the 50,000 ethnic Chinese who live in the town of Prato.

CORONAVIRUS | He says those who are entrusted to manage the distribution should ensure that no group is left behind.

An altered image circulating online alleged that Arshad Raji had called on the people to reject aid.

LTA: The waiver will automatically be processed for motorists who leave Singapore from April 15 onwards.

CORONAVIRUS | Research team develops mathematical model to identify combination of symptoms most accurate in predicting infection.

Foreign Ministry calls on the rebels in Yemen to stop provocations.

CORONAVIRUS | Pape will remain in the hearts of the Marseillais forever, as one of the great architects in the club's history.

CORONAVIRUS | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says there are early signs the number of cases in the state are stabilising.

COMMENT | Then, it becomes an issue of breaching the law by the enforcers themselves.

CORONAVIRUS | The ex-health minister says anonymised data will help the state to zoom in on areas for testing.

CORONAVIRUS | Plunging sale during this movement control order period have forced sellers of the king of fruits in Klang to switch product.

CORONAVIRUS | The state is facing delays in obtaining 'essentials' due to these being held up in the peninsula, says its agriculture minister.

Such measures have been criticised by disease specialists as a health hazard as well as a waste of time and resources.

Chief of Defence Force Affendi Buang says images being circulated are from an incident in Bangladesh, last year.

CORONAVIRUS | Italy reports the highest number of fatalities while the US has the most cases.

CORONAVIRUS | More than 3,700 people have died from Covid-19 in the US during the outbreak.

COMMENT | It is this country's genie in a bottle and the bottle has cracked.