Updated: Malaysia extends MCO period to April 14

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Wednesday announced that the ongoing Movement Control Order (MCO) period in the country will be extended to April 14, He said the extension of the MCO period, which was earlier scheduled till March 31st, was announced early to…

Another fatality, Malaysia records 17th death by COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The death toll due to COVID-19 in Malaysia has risen to 17 with one more death reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) today. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient (Case 1251) was a 66-year-old Malaysian with a history of chronic illness.…

Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021

TOKYO: Earlier this month, before the postponement of Olympics 2020. A man wearing a surgical mask to prevent coronavirus infection walks past a billboard at Shinjuku station advertising the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Photo courtesy of Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Tokyo 2020 Olympics…

Sharing Wuhan experience, expert says patients must be treated with differentiated therapies

BEIJING, March 24 (BERNAMA-NNN-XINHUA) — Chinese medical experts have emphasized using different therapies to treat patients with different symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), reported Xinhua news agency. “Patients with mild symptoms should be subject to centralized quarantine, have their vital signs monitored, and be transferred to designated hospitals…

Malaysia records 106 new COVID-19 cases, one more death

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A total of 106 new cases recorded as at noon Tuesday bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia to 1,624 individuals with 15 fatalities after one more death reported. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said based on the initial investigation, 43 of…

Middle East envoys praise Malaysia’s handling of COVID-19 crisis

By Muammar Eusouffi Zainol Abidin KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Middle East envoys in Malaysia are confident of the capability of the Malaysian government –helmed by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin – in handling the COVID-19 outbreak. Yemen’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Dr Adel Mohamed BA Hamid, said the embassy fully supported all the…

COVID-19 death toll rises to four in Thailand

By Linda Khoo BANGKOK, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Thailand reported three more COVID-19 deaths Tuesday, which raised the cumulative death toll to four and the total number of confirmed cases to 827. Public Health Ministry spokesman Thaweesilp Wissanuyothin said the three who died were Thai men – a 79-year-old Muay Thai guru who had…

KL stock exchange retains upward momentum

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — tBursa Malaysia continued its upward momentum at mid-afternoon today on bargain hunting activities as well as global economic optimism over massive initiatives to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Key index, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose by 3.37 per cent or 42.47 points higher to…

90 pct of S’pore imported COVID-19 cases showed no symptoms at checkpoints

SINGAPORE, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Nine in 10 imported Covid-19 cases detected in Singapore between March 18 and March 20 did not show symptoms such as fever, when they passed through the border checkpoints, The Straits Times reported. As a result, the cases were detected only later on, it reported…

New batch of 189 stranded Malaysians brought back from India

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, March 24 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A new batch of 189 stranded Malaysians flew back home from India on a special AirAsia flight on Tuesday. They left from Chennai for Kuala Lumpur in the early hours as part of the ongoing evacuation of Malaysian citizens stuck in…