KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) is increasing its efforts to encourage more Malaysians to travel domestically within the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's (MCMC) confirmed that no Covid-19 infection has been detected among its staff so far.

JAKARTA, March 6 — Indonesia will impose a temporary restriction on all tourists who were or have been to certain cities or regions in Italy, South Korea and Iran in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — Five new Covid-19 cases have been recorded in the country, bringing the total number of positive cases to 55, according to the Health Ministry.

SINGAPORE, March 6 — Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified five more cases of Covid-19 infection in the republic, bringing the tally to 117.

BANGKOK, March 5 — Thailand confirms four new cases of Covid-19 including a Thai and a Chinese student who travelled to Iran which recorded the highest death toll outside of China, taking Thailand’s tally to 47.

NEW DELHI, March 5 — A school in India's capital sent a mobile text message to parents that it would not let in children if they were unwell in view of the Covid-19 scare.

By Ashwin Kumar SHAH ALAM, March 5 — Selangor is still able to secure investors despite the increasing infection of Covid-19 that has impacted the global economy at large. Selangor Investment, Industry and Trade, Small and Medium Industries Committee chairman Datuk Teng Chang Khim said...

TOKYO, March 5 — Japan's Olympics minister said the country is committed to hosting the summer games as planned from July even as the coronavirus outbreak spread to new parts of the country.

SYDNEY, March 5 — Australia will ban the arrival of foreigners from South Korea and conduct enhanced screenings of travellers from Italy to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.

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SINGAPORE, March 5 — Singapore's transport ministry grounded a Turkish Airlines aircraft overnight that had been due to depart from Changi Airport late on Wednesday after one of the passengers was confirmed infected with the novel coronavirus.

ROME, March 5 — Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe's worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped.

PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — Premises with Covid-19 positive cases do not need to be closed, as disinfection is sufficient, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 — Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) temporarily closed its emergency room (ER) yesterday to perform a thorough and extensive terminal cleaning and disinfection of the whole area after three cases of Covid-19 were reported at the hospital.

SHAH ALAM, March 5 — Twitter Inc said it would stop any attempt by advertisers to use the coronavirus outbreak to send inappropriate advertisements to its users.

SHAH ALAM, March 5 — Selangor aims to have at least 2,000 micro entrepreneurs in the state be halal certified under the newly-launched International Muslim Friendly Affiliated Network (IMFAN) programme.

PUTRAJAYA, March 4 — As of 12 noon today, 14 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 50.

ANKARA, March 4 — Iran's Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani has tested positive for the coronavirus, known as Covid-19, Anadolu Agency quoted an online Iranian news site on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — Wisma Felcra Berhad in Setapak Jaya has been closed immediately beginning today until March 6 after one of its board members tested positive for Covid-19.