JAKARTA, March 4 — Malaysians staying or arriving in Indonesia are urged to register with the Malaysian Embassy here following the latest development on the Covid-19 outbreak with the republic detected to be one of the countries affected by the virus.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, March 4 — China reported on Wednesday another drop in new coronavirus cases as its attention turns to controlling the risk of infection from abroad, as clusters of the disease that originated in China appear around the world.

WASHINGTON/GENEVA, March 4 — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40 per cent as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted.

GENEVA/LONDON, March 4 — About 3.4 per cent of confirmed cases of Covid-19 have died, far above seasonal flu's fatality rate of under 1 per cent, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — Malaysia has recorded seven new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases recorded to date to 36.

BERLIN, March 3 — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany rose to 188 on Tuesday, up from 157 on Monday afternoon, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 — US social networking giant Twitter on Monday recommended that nearly 5,000 of its employees work from home amid growing concern about a global coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, reported Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Employees of UDA Holdings Berhad (UDA) at Blok Menara, Kompleks Pertama, have been instructed to work from home, effective today until a date to be determined.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The residential property sector is not expected to be as badly impacted as tourism or foreign direct investments by the prolonged Covid-19 outbreak, says PropertyGuru.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd (MIDF) is offering financial relief to assist its existing clients in dealing with the expected slowdown in economic growth due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

BRUSSELS, March 3 — The risk for people in Europe to be infected with the Covid-19 was leveled up by the European Center for Disease Prevention Control (ECDC) on Monday, but the European Union (EU) insisted not to close the borders between its member states, reported Xinhua news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Director-general of health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah praised the quick action taken by Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur’s cardiologist Dr Sanjiv Joshi who distanced himself from the hospital, clinic and his family for 14 days.

GENEVA/BEIJING, March 3 — Coronavirus now appears to be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within but can still be contained, and stigma is more dangerous than the disease itself, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

BENGALURU, March 3 — Honda Motor Co Ltd will temporarily cut back production in Japan due to difficulty in sourcing parts from China amid the coronavirus outbreak, Nikkei Asian Review reported on Monday citing sources at auto parts suppliers and dealers.

WASHINGTON, March 3 — The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Monday said they stood ready to help member countries address the human and economic challenges of the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, including through emergency funding.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — UDA Holdings Berhad (UDA) confirms that one of its board members has tested positive for Covid-19.

JAKARTA, March 2 — Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday two Indonesians had tested positive for coronavirus after being in contact with an infected Japanese national, marking the first confirmed cases in the world's fourth most populous country.

WASHINGTON, March 2 — Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings and stricter travel restrictions as cases of the new coronavirus spread around the world.

SINGAPORE, March 2 — Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed and verified four more cases of Covid-19 infection in Singapore with two involving Myanmar and Japanese nationals.

BANGKOK, March 2 — A 35-year-old Thai retail worker became Thailand’s first Covid-19 fatality on Saturday, the Department of Disease Control said.