Archive - 19 March 2020

• Don't take advantage of workers, MTUC tells employers
• Yoursay: Brace yourself for the Covid-19 tsunami
• US suspends visa services worldwide due to Covid-19
• Sarawak orders eateries to close by 8pm
• Yoursay | M’sia, S’pore should work together on proactive measures
• Many still defying movement control order - police
• Embassy in Jakarta tracing M'sians at tabligh rally in Sulawesi
• Trump says he will invoke wartime act to fight 'enemy' coronavirus
• HIV drug combo fails as treatment for severe Covid-19 in China study
• 'Caremongering' to help vulnerable groups
• Shafie tells Sabahans to limit mobility, warns of state of emergency
• Airline industry turmoil deepens as coronavirus pain spreads
• Tabligh event in Indonesia postponed amid coronavirus fears
• The world ‘at war’ as coronavirus deaths surge in Italy, France
• Combating a highly infectious virus as one people and one nation
• Urban farming – key to reducing food imports
• FT Ministry needs to extend free monthly rent to urban poor - MP
• One positive Covid-19 case at DRB-Hicom's subsidiary in Pekan
• Foreign missions in Malaysia keeping track of situation
• Some M'sians sleep near S'pore MRT with no place to stay
• How S Korea trounced US in race to test people for coronavirus
• US Senate passes one coronavirus aid package while working on another
• Twitter bans misleading coronavirus information
• Movement control order: Police in Kelantan, Pahang set up roadblocks
• Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, zero China transmissions
• 'Stay the fxxk home' – activist tells M'sians
• Cops take novel steps to send 'stay home' message
• M'sian at tabligh gathering to remain in Indonesia until control order lifted
• Make daily live telecast on Covid-19, Kit Siang tells PM
• Good news for Umno Youth chief who came in contact with Covid-19-positive MP
• In wake of shutdown, who will help them?
• Toilet paper woes: Ace shuttler speaks out against hoarding
• China's state-owned bank donates 15,000 masks to M'sia
• Malaysians complain too much
• Now is the time to empower the digital economy
• JB MP urges MB to reconsider request to reopen Johor-S'pore border
• Covid-19: 4k tabligh attendees haven't come forward, 16pct of tests positive
• Oil palm harvesting, agricultural and fisheries-related activities to continue
• Stockbrokers urge Putrajaya to suspend trading on Bursa
• Army may be deployed if public don't comply with order - Ismail Sabri
• All passengers on JB-Kuantan bus with Covid-19 patient traced
• Covid-19: Social distancing and the domino effect
• Multiple roadblocks in Penang to ensure no violations of control order
• Malaysians, please save Malaysia
• Kelantan mufti warded after experiencing Covid-19 symptoms
• Slander to say ministers don't care about Covid-19 - senior minister
• Sources: Authorities seek 2,000 Rohingya for checks after mosque outbreak
• Farewell to Rama Iyer, an eminent servant of old Malaysia
• T'ganu state assembly to proceed without sultan's opening ceremony
• Malaysia, prepare for the 'war effort' against Covid-19
• Cabinet sets up special ministerial committee to coordinate MCO
• Australia closes borders to coronavirus, pumps RM250b into economy
• Sime Darby Group CEO tests positive for Covid-19
• Covid-19 cases climb to 900 with 110 new infections, 20 patients in ICU
• Special flight for Malaysians stranded in India
• Not true - IGP denies those outside without valid reasons will be arrested
• Economist moots reallocating funds from non-critical ministries
• Group helps M’sians stranded in S’pore amidst control order
• Amnesty International urges gov't to proceed with IPCMC
• Health minister: Growth of Covid-19 cases in M'sia showing signs of plateauing
• Leaving home, interstate travel, roadblocks: What you need to know
• Electricity bill discount from April to Sept to help rakyat face Covid-19
• Water rationing in Malacca from March 23 to 31
• 'Message from doctor' via Penang GH is fake, says CM
• M'sians from tabligh gathering in Sulawesi will be put in quarantine centres
• Tahfiz fire hearing to resume on April 20
• PM: Additional RM160m approved to fight Covid-19 second wave
• M'sian workers in S'pore rue lack of time to prepare for control order
• Learn from Italy, take movement order seriously - doctors group
• Muhyiddin's poor messaging partially to blame for chaos
• Movement control order: KL police chief mulls over harsh punishment
• Bank Negara cuts statutory reserve ratio to two percent
• PTPTN defers repayment by three months amid Covid-19
• Scale up employment-retention strategy to combat Covid-19 impact
• Foreigners visiting Thailand must present health cert, Covid-19 insurance coverage
• Bank Islam expands financial relief for customers impacted by Covid-19
• Doctor flays patients and visitors for stealing hand sanitisers
• Rep urges Health Ministry to clarify MyEG's Covid-19 'rapid test kit'
• Gov't FAQ for workers affected by movement control order
• Blood banks’ supplies dwindling amid pandemic, donors wanted
• Is there a better way? Looking East again
• Petrol stations, eateries, 24-hour shops to shut at 7pm in five Pahang districts
• Amid Covid-19 outbreak, Najib and Khalid banter over blame
• Tighter enforcement on movement control order tomorrow?
• No Friday prayers tomorrow - Zulkifli
• Hawkers, traders told to abide by directives
• Dr M under home quarantine after ‘close contact’ with Covid-19 patient
• Positive signs on second day of movement control order
• Bar urges judiciary to reconsider e-filing directive
• Indonesia orders more coronavirus tests as deaths climb
• Italian army moves coronavirus dead from overwhelmed town
• Armoured vehicles deployed for training purposes, says chief of defence force
• Man arrested for abusing cops after being told to disperse
• Sudden partial shutdown leaves low-income people in a lurch
• Dr Mahathir quarantined and 9 news from yesterday
• Mara defers student and business loans
• RM3.3b allocated to help SMEs tide over Covid19 - Tengku Zafrul