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Shares of rubber glovemakers up after COVID-19 declared a pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR: Rubber glovemakers; Hartalega Holdings Bhd and Top Glove Corporation Bhd saw their shares traded higher today after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic. As of last night, over 120,000 people across 114 countries throughout
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Pharmacy fined RM20,000 for overpricing face masks
KUALA LUMPUR: A pharmacy in Selayang near here has been compounded a total of RM20,000 for selling face masks above the controlled price. Gombak Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) branch office chief enforcement officer, Azli Aripin said the pharmacy
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Hisham: 20 new COVID-19 cases recorded in M’sia, total at 149
PUCHONG: Health Ministry secretary general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country as of 12pm today. He said with the new reported cases bring the new total of the novel
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COVID-19 : Six new positive cases in S’pore, 93 discharged
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday confirmed and verified six more cases of COVID-19 infection in the republic. Three of the cases are linked to the private dinner function at SAFRA Jurong on Feb 15. With the three new cases
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No instruction to postpone SUKMA in Johor over COVID-19
KUANTAN: The Johor state government has yet to receive any application or instruction to change the date of the 20th Malaysia Games (SUKMA) scheduled for July over COVID-19 infection. Menteri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad noted that so far the National Sports Council (NSC) has not indicated the
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British health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive for coronavirus
A British health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus. Conservative politician Nadine Dorries is the first member of parliament to catch COVID-19, the BBC reported. Dorries, who has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since
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COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rise to 27
JAKARTA: COVID-19 cases in Indonesia continue to rise, with the tally standing at 27 as of yesterday. Indonesia’s spokesman on the COVID-19 situation in the republic, Achmad Yurianto said eight new cases were confirmed overnight “Most of the COVID-19 cases in Indonesia
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COVID-19: Twelve new cases recorded
PUTRAJAYA: Twelve new cases of COVID-19 were reported yesterday, bringing the total number of positive cases in Malaysia to 129. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the positive cases comprised Patients-Under-Investigation (PUI), close contacts, and Malaysians and their
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COVID-19: PM visits, chairs meeting at CPRC
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today visited the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) at the Health Ministry (MOH) here, to learn about the latest development on COVID-19 situation in Malaysia. He arrived at the MOH at
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A new polio case detected in Sabah
PUCHONG: A three-year old foreigner in Sandakan, Sabah has been confirmed infected with polio. Health Ministry secretary general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the boy was confirmed infected with polio after test by World Health Organization (WHO) in Australia
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