KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — The 213th Police Day celebrations scheduled for March 25 have been postponed, said Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.

JOHOR BARU, March 16 — The government will convene a special Covid-19 meeting today to discuss further measures needed to contain infections, following the spike in cases to a total of 428 recorded until noon yesterday, since the beginning of infections in the country.

SINGAPORE, March 16 — The new border restrictions on travellers including those from Asean do not include Singapore’s sea and land crossings with Malaysia, meaning Malaysians and Singaporeans can commute from both sides as usual.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — There is no 'lockdown' order in Malaysia today due to Covid-19 as has been trending on social media yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The government has decided that all gatherings, including international meetings, sports, social and religious events be postponed or cancelled until April 30, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin tonight outlined several key measures to be taken to counter the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) is ready to mobilise the assets of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) to bring home Malaysians stranded in Italy after the Covid-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic.

SHAH ALAM, March 13 — Fuel prices are set to go down across the board from March 14 to 20.

PUTRAJAYA, March 13 — Wisma Putra has identified 11 Malaysians overseas who have been infected by Covid-19 so far.

PETALING JAYA, March 13 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL) today announced that all 2020 Malaysian League (M-League) matches scheduled from Monday (March 16) will be postponed due to Covid-19.

JOHOR BARU, March 13 ― The Sukma Supreme Committee is expected to decide at a meeting next week whether Sukma (Malaysia Games) 2020 scheduled for July in Johor will be postponed due to the Covid-19 situation.

KUALA LUMPUR March 13 — The Education Ministry (MOE) has directed the postponement of all large gatherings such as sports programmes and co-curricular activities in all schools across the country, with effect from today, following the call by the Health Ministry to avoid holding such gatherings in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.

By Amin Ridzuan Ishak SHAH ALAM, March 13 — Staff and visitors entering the Selangor secretariat building (SUK), here, are subject to health screening beginning Monday. The move is part of the state government’s precautionary measures against the spread of the Covid-10 novel...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Health Ministry personnel have been working round the clock in conducting mass Covid-19 screenings at the Sri Petaling Mosque here over the last two days, after a participant of the tabligh rally held at the mosque on February 28, tested positive for Covid-19.

BEIJING, March 13 — China’s Wuhan city, ground zero of the new coronavirus outbreak, reported five new cases on Friday, the second day in a row the tally has been less than 10, while no locally transmitted infections were reported in the rest of the country.

GENEVA, March 13 — A total of 44,067 confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported by 117 countries and regions outside China as of 10:00 CET Thursday, an increase of 6,703 infections compared to the previous day, according to the daily situation report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

NEW YORK, March 13 — Policymakers and government leaders have taken a range of approaches to deal with the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON, March 13 — Global markets suffered record falls yesterday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified, and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled new measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127,000 people worldwide.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The ringgit continued its downtrend to trade lower against the US dollar in the early session today, with more investors turning to safe-haven currencies due to emerging concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak, dealers said.

NEW DELHI, March 12 — India has cancelled tourist visas and imposed curbs on international travel in a bid to contain the coronavirus spread.