NOISY-LE-GRAND, July 24 — Samples of wastewater from the Paris sewage system have been showing traces of Covid-19 again since the end of June, having vanished when France imposed a lockdown, according to the head of the laboratory leading the research.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 — The Malaysia Global Chamber of Commerce (MGCC) has asked the authorities to monitor the prices of face masks following the lowering of the ceiling price of face masks from RM1.50 to RM1.20 per unit beginning Aug 15.

ALOR SETAR, July 24 — A nasi kandar restaurant operator in Pekan Napoh near Jitra was detained and slapped with a RM1,000 compound after being found to have breached his home quarantine, yesterday.

TAWAU, July 23 — A man lied about travelling overseas and threw away his wristband at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) before continuing his journey to Tawau to avoid home quarantine.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — The government will allow children aged 12 and below to share a room with their parents at designated quarantine stations on the condition they had all returned from the same place, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Restaurants that do not comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP) of social distancing will be subject to stern action including will be ordered to close, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — The use of face masks in crowded public spaces and on public transportation will be made compulsory beginning August 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today decreed all Malaysians not to be complacent in observing the standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19.

KUCHING, July 23 — The Sarawak State Election Office (PPN) is temporarily closed from Monday until Aug 2 after one of its staff was tested positive for Covid-19, according to Election Commission (EC) secretary Ikmarudin Ishak.

GENEVA/ZURICH, July 23 — Researchers are making "good progress" in developing vaccines against Covid-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.

TOKYO, July 23 — Big data is providing some surprising results for the Bank of Japan and helping ease concerns about pressure on the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, which could influence the way the BOJ manages the world's most radical monetary stimulus.

SHAH ALAM, July 23 — The Selangor government will review the implementation of the standard operating procedure (SOP) to contain the Covid-19 epidemic in the state, says Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Pupils from Year One to Year Four resumed school today after four months of school closures due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Three hundred and eighty nine Malaysians returned home via Kuala Lumpur International Airport and klia2 on Tuesday with all of them ordered to undergo mandatory quarantine in their respective houses.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia Report which says that about 12.7 million or 83.5 per cent of employees as of June 2, 2020 have returned to work, evidently shows that economic activities and services are recovering, said Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

WASHINGTON, July 22 — US President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric and tone, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distance and warned that the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better.

BANGKOK, July 22 — Thailand will extend a state of emergency until the end of August, a senior official said on Wednesday, maintaining the security measure put in place to contain its coronavirus outbreak.

SHAH ALAM, July 22 — The Selangor government has no plans to increase the water tariff at a time when the people are still facing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari said.

PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah stressed today that a face mask must be worn properly for it to be effective in preventing the spread of diseases.

PUTRAJAYA, July 21 — A new cluster named Sentosa Cluster has been detected and it involves a hospital in Kuching, Sarawak, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.