CORONAVIRUS | In view of the current measures taken to circumvent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, former human resources minister M Kulasegaran has called for the setting up of a bipartisan national task force to secure business sustainability and job security for all Malaysians.

"Anxiety has begun to take shape when Malaysian employees not employed in essential services have been asked to take annual and unpaid leaves in the current period of restriction movement between March 18-31," said Kulasegaran in a statement today.

"The key issue currently is not just the number of cases of Covid-19 but the level of disruption to the Malaysian economy...