UDA Holdings Bhd Datuk Hisham Hamdan claims that he did not contract Covid-19 from his trip to Shanghai as he had returned from the city before there was any confirmed cases. Read More (thestar)
Seoul will summon Japan's ambassador to protest over 'irrational' plans to impose coronavirus quarantine on arrivals from South Korea, it said Friday (March 6), accusing Tokyo of ulterior motives. Read More (thestar)
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus rose to 12 on Thursday when King County, Washington reported the latest fatality. Read More (thestar)
Indonesia will ban the entry and transit of foreign visitors coming from the 10 regions hardest hit by the coronavirus in Iran, Italy and South Korea from Sunday (March 8). Read More (straitstimes)
HONG KONG (AP): Pet cats and dogs cannot pass the new coronavirus on to humans, but they can test positive for low levels of the pathogen if they catch it from their owners. Read More (thestar)
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has placed travel restrictions on seven new provinces in Italy, Japan and Iran in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. Read More (thestar)
PETALING JAYA: A member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar has tested positive for Covid-19. Read More (thestar)
Malaysia confirmed five new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus in the country today, bringing the tally of infections to 55. Read More (nst)
Thailand reported four new cases of infection by the novel coronavirus, taking its total to 47. Read More (thestar)
A pet dog belonging to a Covid-19 patient has contracted the coronavirus, Hong Kong health authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Read More (thestar)
The death toll in the United States from the novel coronavirus rose to 11 on Wednesday (Mar 4), as lawmakers in Congress agreed to provide more than US$8 billion to fight the rapidly spreading disease. Read More (channelnewsasia)
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise and spread around the globe, a man in Lithuania decided to lock his wife in their bathroom because he feared she may have contracted the novel coronavirus. Read More (thestar)
Thai police made a revolting discovery when they raided a house in Saraburi Province in Central Thailand on Monday (March 2) and learned that at least 200,000 used face masks were distributed to the domestic market. Read More (thestar)
An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran's provinces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, according to the official presidency website. Read More (thestar)
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased to 240 on Wednesday, up from 196 on Tuesday afternoon, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said. Read More (thestar)