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Working from home triggers demand for chips, laptops, network goods
SEOUL/TOKYO: With more employees working from home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, demand is surging for laptops and network peripherals as well as components along the supply chain such as chips, as companies rush to build virtual
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Australians under strict lockdown, cruise ship with sick passengers denied entry
SYDNEY: Australians began living under strict new lockdown rules today, as coronavirus cases topped 1,600 and authorities denied entry to a cruise ship carrying hundreds on board complaining of respiratory illnesses. As new restrictions closing non-essential services came into effect,
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Movement control order: All PLUS highways operate as usual
KUALA LUMPUR: All PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) highways will continue to operate throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO) period from March 18 to 31 as they are critical linkages for the nation. PLUS, in a statement today said, critical services
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Muhyiddin: MKN might decides on extension of MCO
PUTRAJAYA: The National Security Council (MKN) will be meeting before the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 31, to determine whether there is a need to extend it, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. “Before the
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Ten more Asian countries receives help from The Jack Ma, Alibaba Foundation
KUALA LUMPUR: The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation have announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to fuel the global fight against COVID-19. The governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar,
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COVID-19: Muhyiddin on economic action to help public
SUNGAI BULOH: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin underlines some important key initiatives in the Economic Action Council Meeting today, in order to help the public during COVID-19 outbreak. Muhyiddin currently serving as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia. He
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COVID-19: One more death case recorded, total 11
KUALA LUMPUR: Another death due to COVID-19 was recorded, bringing the death toll due to the disease in Malaysia so far to 11. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in his official Facebook post, said the 11th death, case
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COVID-19: PRA Health Sciences launches monitoring program
KUALA LUMPUR: PRA Health Sciences recently announced the commercial availability of the COVID-19 Monitoring Program, a mobile app-driven, tiered initiative. According to a statement, the programme allows employers, payers, providers and health systems to track the health and wellbeing of
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Malaysian-led research team got recognition by WHO
KUALA LUMPUR: As misinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic became rampant as of late, researchers from across the globe are scrambling to set the records straight on the relatively new disease. Not known to many, there is a Malaysian-led research team
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Coronavirus forces states to order nearly one in three Americans to stay home
NEW YORK : Nearly one in three Americans was under orders on Sunday to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as Ohio, Louisiana and Delaware became the latest states to enact broad restrictions, along with the
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