Malaysia has recorded seven new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases recorded to date to 36. Read More (thestar)
AS the Covid-19 coronavirus spreads quickly around the world, US health officials say they are “aggressively” assessing how long it can survive on surfaces to better understand the risk of transmission. Read More (nst)
South Korea reported 600 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths from the virus, taking total infections to 4,812, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. Read More (nst)
Panic buying hit supermarkets and drugstores across Jakarta on March 2 following President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's announcement on the country's first two confirmed cases of Covid-19. Read More (thestar)
PANTAI Hospital Kuala Lumpur has confirmed three cases of Covid-19 at the hospital. Read More (nst)
Fifty years ago, a much richer Iraqi government spent lavishly on health funding. The state company responsible for drug imports, known by its Arabic acronym KIMADIA, enjoyed such a close relationship with the world's top drug manufacturers that it would Read More (thestar)
TEHERAN: Iran said Monday (March 2) that the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak had killed 12 more people in the Islamic republic, raising the country's overall death toll to 66. Read More (thestar)
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday the EU's disease prevention agency had raised its assessment of coronavirus risks in the bloc to high, as the outbreak spread to most EU states. Read More (thestar)
All Istana Negara officers and staff members were tested for Covid-19 on Monday (March 2). Read More (thestar)
Japanese authorities have confirmed five more cases of coronavirus in Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK said on Monday, days after the northern island declared a state of emergency. Read More (thestar)
Reports of a former minister and former deputy minister who were exposed to a Covid-19 patient are still being investigated, says the Health Ministry. Read More (thestar)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday (March 2) that two Indonesians had tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the first confirmed cases in the world's fourth most populous country. Read More (thestar)
Subang MP Wong Chen has self-quarantined himself for two days, following reports that a former minister and former deputy minister were in close contact with a Covid-19 patient. Read More (thestar)
Australia's chief medical officer said on Monday it was no longer possible to completely prevent people with the coronavirus from entering the country, citing concerns about outbreaks in Japan and South Korea. Read More (thestar)
A Covid-19 patient is believed to have come in close contact with a former minister and former deputy minister. Read More (malaysiakini)