KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — A total of 230 individuals were arrested for defying the recovery movement control order (RMCO) directives on Monday.

MANILA, Aug 11 — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lauded Russia's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and is willing to participate in trials, as he welcomed a supply offer from Moscow that he expects will be free of charge.

JAKARTA/BEIJING, Aug 11 — China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd launched a late-stage human trial on Tuesday that will involve as many as 1,620 patients in Indonesia for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that it is developing with Indonesian state-owned peer Bio Farma.

MOSCOW, Aug 11 — The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) worldwide has surpassed 20 million, reported Sputnik news agency based on data from Johns Hopkins University.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Malaysia's Top Glove Corporation said on Monday it had begun making remediation payments to migrant workers who were employed by the world's largest medical glove maker before 2019, when it put in place ethical recruitment practices.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — The government is looking into the use of face shields for school children rather than face masks, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said.

KUALA PERLIS, Aug 10 — Many fishermen here lament their declining seafood sales as the middlemen and public refuse to buy their catch due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in two villages in the district.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 10 — A total of 11 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, including five imported ones involving Malaysians, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — The government has agreed to reduce the fee for mandatory quarantine at Public Training Institutes (ILA) from RM150 to RM100 per person per day.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The Covid-19 Sivagangga cluster recorded 12 new cases today including 10 in Perlis and one in Penang, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — A total of 7,175 individuals have returned to Malaysia via the country’s entry points from July 24 until yesterday and all of them are currently housed in 30 hotels and five Public Training Institutes (ILAs).

MONTERREY, Aug 7 — Ministers from a trans-Pacific trade bloc have agreed to fight protectionism and avoid food and medicine shortages during the coronavirus pandemic, they said in a joint statement published on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — Ho Wah Genting Bhd (HWGB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, HWGB Biotech Sdn Bhd (HWGB Biotech), has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with US-based E-MO Biology Inc (EBI) to undertake research on Covid-19 patent applications.

ARAU, Aug 7 — The Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIPs) has ordered the closure of 12 mosques in the Sanglang state constituency and neighbouring areas, effective today, due to the recurrence of the Covid-19 infection, Raja Muda of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 6 — Six of the 15 new Covid-19 positive cases reported in the country today were detected from the Sivagangga PUI (persons under investigation) Cluster, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (MAHA) 2020 show scheduled for Nov 26 to 29 will be held in a hybrid manner, that is both physically and virtually, in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19.

SHAH ALAM, Aug 6 — The country's online food delivery service market is expected to grow 17.9 per cent annually to reach revenue of RM1.55 billion (US$370 million) in four years, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The Temporary Measures For Government Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19)) Bill 2020 was tabled for first reading at the Dewan Rakyat today.

MANILA, Aug 6 — The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in East Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 — The guidelines used during the Chini state seat by-election will be used in the Slim by-election with some improvements to curb the spread of Covid-19, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.