SELANGOR will decide by Wednesday (March 11) the measures to be taken in fighting the spread of Covid-19. Read More (thestar)
A total of 18 Chinese nationals, including some working in the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, were quarantined as a precautionary measure against the Covid-19 outbreak. Read More (nst)
Coronavirus has reached Europe's busiest airport, after two British Airways baggage handlers at London Heathrow tested positive for the disease. Read More (straitstimes)
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus across the world surpassed 100,000 on Friday (March 6) as the economic damage intensified, with business districts beginning to empty and stock markets tumbling. Read More (straitstimes)
A global coalition set up to fight epidemic diseases issued a call on Friday for $2 billion (1.5 billion pounds) to support the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus that is causing COVID-19 infections around the world. Read More (thestar)
A parishioner from a Catholic church has ested positive for Covid-19, says the Chancery of the Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. Read More (thestar)
Twenty-eight new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Friday (March 6), bringing the total number to 83. Read More (thestar)
(Reuters) - More than 98,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus globally and over 3,300 people have died, according to a Reuters tally. Mainland China accounted for more than 3,000 deaths, while the toll in Italy stood at 148. Read More (thestar)
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)