KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The government has cancelled the Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign due to the Covid-19 situation, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri announced yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The Football Association of Selangor (FAS) has implemented various preventive measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 among its players, coaches and staff.

BERLIN, March 19 — The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global economic crisis destroying up to 25 million jobs around the world if governments do not act fast to shield workers from the impact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The country’s business events sector has suffered estimated losses of over RM1.5 billion to-date due to the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the Malaysian Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers (MACEOS).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Delivery players are quite the big winners following the Covid-19 Movement Control Order imposed by the government effective today until March 31, with some recording more than 30 per cent jump in orders.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The public are advised to stay at home at all times during the movement control order period from today until March 31, 2020, except for essential needs.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Malaysia Airlines will significantly reduce its overall network following the nationwide movement control order imposed by the government from March 18 to 31 to curb Covid-19.

SHAH ALAM, March 18 — Tourism Selangor announced that its management offices, the Royal Klang Town Heritage Walk programme, Kanching Eco-Forest Park and Chongkak Eco-Forest Park are temporarily closed, beginning today until March 31.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged all Malaysians to take the movement control order, which takes effect today until March 31, seriously and stay at home.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The police have opened 40 investigation papers in connection with postings of fake news about Covid-19 on social media since last January 25 until yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — All quarters should comply with the movement control order that takes effect today until March 31 and breach of the order is a criminal and moral offence, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan.

JOHOR BAHRU, March 18 — The body of a 34-year-old Malaysian man, one of the first two Covid-19 fatalities recorded in the country yesterday, was safely buried at a Muslim cemetery here at about 9pm yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah yesterday decreed all Malaysians to obey the movement control order announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday and to give full cooperation in containing the spread of Covid-19 infections in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, March 18 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is working closely with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Securities Commission (SC) and Bursa Malaysia to ensure that the capital and financial markets continue to run transparently and systematically, following the Movement Control Order.

SHAH ALAM, March 18 — The Selangor government is prepared to assist students of institutions of higher learning from the state studying in Sabah and Sarawak to return home as directed by the Higher Education Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) will suspend all operations at its head office, manufacturing facilities, sales and service centres as well as Body & Paint outlets nationwide from March 18 to 31, following the Movement Control Order imposed by the Malaysian government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic that has gripped the nation.

By Ashwin Kumar SHAH ALAM, March 17 — A ban on interstate travels take effect at midnight and those planning to do so will need clearance from the police, said Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador. The inspector-general of police said the ban was part of the two-week movement control order, which takes...

By Ashwin Kumar SHAH ALAM, March 17 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba has announced that two Covid-19 patients have died while the number of cases rises. The first patient is identified as a 34-year-old man who attended the Sri Petaling Mosque Tabligh convention at the end of...

SHAH ALAM, March 17 — The Selangor State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, scheduled for two weeks beginning yesterday, is postponed in line with the Movement Control Order that will commence tomorrow.

ANKARA, March 17 — Governments need to improve precautions about the spread, diagnosis and treatment of the coronavirus, World Health Organisation’s (WHO) senior spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told Anadolu Agency on Monday.