CORONAVIRUS | Normally a bustling Kuala Lumpur township in the early hours of rush hour weekday morning, Taman Tun Dr Ismail today is a near-deserted pale shadow by comparison.

Checks by Malaysiakini revealed more than half of its total parking bays along the roadsides were unoccupied, with rows of shuttered eateries and non-essential retail outlets on its shoplots, and the small number of people walking thru and fro, around 9am...