Archive - 17 March 2020

• Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as coronavirus worries surge online orders
• Covid-19: Don't balik kampung, don't go on holiday, don't panic buy, say experts
• Diesel treating unit fire victim in stable condition
• Yoursay: Forget race and religion, we need to fight Covid-19 together
• Imported coronavirus infections top new local cases in China for 4th day
• Covid-19: Thailand postpones Songkran festival
• Covid-19: Three senior cops under quarantine
• Asian stocks fall after historic Wall Street rout
• Test, test, test: WHO chief's coronavirus message to the world
• Idris Elba tests positive for coronavirus; filming halted for 'Matrix 4'
• S’pore will not be short of food after M’sia shuts border, says minister
• As markets plunge, world scrambles to contain 'invisible enemy'
• Amid overcrowding, some grocers offer special shopping hours for seniors
• France imposes lockdown to combat virus
• Malaysia's capital market to operate as usual - Securities Commission
• Contagion: Latest on the spread of coronavirus around the world
• Irish PM expects 15,000 coronavirus cases by end of March
• Ringgit continues downtrend at opening
• Protecting children against Covid-19
• Yoursay: Wee, call a spade a spade
• Who deserves an apology?
• Bung's trial vacated due to restricted movement order over Covid-19
• Australia considers tougher movement restrictions to combat coronavirus
• Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii tests positive for Covid-19
• MIC postpones branch meetings nationwide over Covid-19 fears
• Coronavirus not the main enemy, irresponsible Malaysians are
• Expert calls on CAAM to assist ailing airlines affected by Covid-19 outbreak
• S'pore says it has stockpiled enough food in case of disruption from M'sia
• Cambodia reports 12 new cases of coronavirus, 11 with travel history to M'sia
• HK to quarantine all visitors to preserve success of coronavirus efforts
• M'sians working in S'pore can't commute beginning tomorrow - Immigration DG
• Umno leader: Let TNB bear discount, gov't can purchase ventilators with RM500m
• Philippines first country to suspend all financial markets as coronavirus spreads
• Employees given quarantine order must use sick leave, not annual leave
• Penang eateries to cater only for takeaways; markets and pharmacies to be open
• MTUC wants gov’t to handle key issues involving workers following PM's order
• S’pore PM: Plan underway to help M’sian workers stay in S’pore temporarily
• NSC warns of Covid-19 immunisation scam
• Azmin, Hisham confident resilient M'sians can beat Covid-19
• Protecting the economy from infection
• Eateries can still open for takeaways but not dine-in
• Betting shops cancel draws, Genting closes casino, theme park, hotels
• Harapan urges gov't to assist airline companies
• Covid-19: Buying frenzy continues
• All court trials postponed during nationwide Covid-19 restricted movement order
• Gov't will struggle to fulfill RM600 aid to unpaid leave workers, says ex-minister
• Sri Ram cleared of Covid-19
• NSC releases first FAQ on movement control order
• PN urged to proceed with Harapan's plan to buy masks for frontliners
• Esscom personnel not involve in Beluran shooting - commander
• Umno Youth chief gets tested for Covid-19 after close contact with DAP MP
• 1MDB monies: PM wants it brought back
• Lawyer files police report against ex-AG over release of LTTE 12
• No prayers for the dead at Nirvana memorial parks during Qingming
• 'Murder exposé' - Azilah objects to Najib intervening in his review application
• Iran has temporarily freed 85,000 prisoners, including political ones, amid coronavirus
• Pastor, 60, and tabligh event attendee, 34, succumb to Covid-19
• Penang channels RM20m in fight against Covid-19
• Covid-19 cases climb to 673 with 120 new infections
• Sime Darby chairperson tested positive for Covid-19
• PSD orders civil servants to work from home
• Five pro-Harapan states excluded from PM's Covid-19 meeting
• Fastfood outlets assure customers that they will stay open
• Covid-19: Doctor sheds light on possible scenario during mitigation phase
• IGP: Inter-state travellers must notify nearest police station
• Gov't urged to reconsider hotels as essential services
• Covid-19: Sabah tightens border
• Najib slams Putrajaya for shunning 'opposition states'
• KSN apologises after pro-Harapan states left out of Covid-19 meeting
• Sg S'gor pollution detected, Klang Valley water cuts expected
• MEF urges gov’t to allow firms to give staff 5 days unpaid leave
• Movement Control Order: Sarawak students in the peninsular can return home
• Klang Valley exodus threatens containment plan, warn experts
• First MAS chairperson G K Rama Iyer dies at 88
• Cops suspend inter-state notice rule after crowds at police stations
• Post-mortem on Pengerang fire victims completed - police
• Klang Valley still has many well-stocked supermarkets
• Deadline to submit tax returns extended by two months - IRB
• Don't bring family to buy essential goods - NSC
• 44,292 objections to proposal to degazette Kuala Langat Forest Reserve
• M'sians in Thailand rush home to beat movement control order deadline
• Covid-19: Over 100 M'sians stranded in India after flights cancelled
• Missteps ahead of partial shutdown risk Covid-19 spiraling
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