Coronavirus COVID-19 LIVE Updates & Stats, News LATEST!!! 2020

Sime Darby chairman tests positive for Covid-19 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Chinese government launches new tech database to help communities fight the virus (The Star, 17 March 2020)
IGP: Interstate travel requires police permission during movement control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Lottery operators to close outlets during movement control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Manufacturers, businesses looking for more clarity on movement control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Sabah bars entry of non-Sabahans to the state (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Google face-mask ads draw New York scrutiny amid Covid-19 outbreak (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Two dead as country records first deaths to virus (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Israel approves 30-day tech tracking of Covid-19 carriers (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Hotels may be allowed to operate with limited services if National Security Council approves (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Pastor from Sarawak is first Covid-19 fatality in Malaysia (The Star, 17 March 2020)
WHO plans live streaming video on TikTok to fight Covid-19 ‘infodemic’ (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Gridlock as vehicles try to leave Johor for Singapore ahead of Movement Control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Local food delivery service announces contactless delivery, effective March 18 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) on movement control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Workers under quarantine can’t be forced to take annual leave, says Human Resources Ministry (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Maximum 10 people allowed to attend akad nikah ceremonies in Selangor from March 18. (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Singapore and Malaysia appoint senior ministers to coordinate responses on Covid-19 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
No Friday prayers in Perak during Movement Control order, says MAIPk (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Another 95 Covid-19 cases detected from tabligh group (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Ministry: Eateries can stay open for deliveries and takeaways only (The Star, 17 March 2020)
On a roll: The psychology behind toilet paper panic (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Selangor suspends Friday prayers until April 17 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Courts ordered closed until March 31 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Financial aid necessary for local airlines, says Loke (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Those working in Singapore, Thailand will have to stay home during movement control order, says Immigration DG (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Selangor suspends Friday prayers until April 17 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Courts ordered closed until March 31 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: MyEG rapid testing kit available for pre-order now, produces results in 30 minutes (The Star, 17 March 2020)
You’re looking at jail time: Gathering for weddings, funerals not allowed (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Parents in Ipoh gear up with supplies to tide them over during movement control order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Protecting the economy from infection (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Facebook, Microsoft, Google team up against virus misinformation (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Four Johor cops test for Covid-19, one cleared (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Amazon to hire 100,000 workers as online orders surge on Covid-19 worries (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Google sibling Verily launches Covid-19 screening website (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Perak Coffeeshop Association: Can people drop in and order takeaways? (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Eight new Covid-19 cases in Sarawak (March 17) (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Snooker centre worker fined RM400 for spitting on elevator buttons (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Add isolation to controlled movement order, says former dep health minister (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Covid-19: Aide urges culprits to stop fake news about Sarikei MP and son (The Star, 17 March 2020)
DAP’s Kuching MP tests positive for Covid-19 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Movement control: Can’t just tell guests to check out and shut shop, says hotel association (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Show must go on: Classical music goes free to console virus-hit music lovers (The Star, 17 March 2020)
eSports leagues are only game in town after NBA and NHL go dark (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Vanishing YouTube videos — Google expects AI errors as Covid-19 empties offices (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Teleconference apps and new tech surge in demand amid Covid-19 outbreak (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Essentials all snapped up in Penang markets after controlled movement order (The Star, 17 March 2020)
US employers navigate Covid-19 pandemic without firm guidelines (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Cops: No truth to rumour man fled PD hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Google’s Verily launches digital Covid-19 screening test in California (The Star, 17 March 2020)
RHB Research ‘positive’ on Supermax’s plans (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Hawker: I can’t afford to close, thank goodness for deliveries (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Working from home? Check out these tips to make it as painless as possible (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Langkawi ferry operator not taking chances (The Star, 17 March 2020)
All for safer shopping (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Cooperate in tackling Covid-19, urges Uggah (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Hisham: Beijing to send medical equipment to Malaysia (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Sri Petaling market traders and shoppers get hand sanitisers (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Govt urged to learn from China (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Massage centres and spas aching for relief (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Govt will bring those in Spain and S. Korea home if need arises (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Premier League is suspended, but is the season over? (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Sultan: Stop all ‘backdoor’ govt talk (The Star, 17 March 2020)
You can count on us, private hospitals tell govt (The Star, 17 March 2020)
MATTA defers Cuti-Cuti Malaysia fair (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Junior meet postponement is a blessing for Kirandeep (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Westports coach relieved ABL called off (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Adham: New housemen not involved (The Star, 17 March 2020)
S’wak sets two-week home quarantine (The Star, 17 March 2020)
That’ll break our rhythm – shuttlers get a holiday they don’t want (The Star, 17 March 2020)
King orders suspension of mosque activities (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Busy time for stores and shoppers (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Hard as hammer (The Star, 17 March 2020)
125 new cases recorded (The Star, 17 March 2020)
NSI call for calm as virus fears spike (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Govt to do all it can to weather storm caused by pandemic (The Star, 17 March 2020)
We have enough food, assures PM (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Italian startup 3D prints valves to help Covid-19 patients (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Belgian video-calling robots to keep elderly connected during Covid-19 outbreak (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Analysis: ‘Pragmatic’ Asia fast-tracks hi-tech coronavirus solutions (The Star, 17 March 2020)
Dzulkefly: Movement control order nothing like Italy, China lockdowns (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: meet the doctor who became an online celebrity for his straight talk (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Iran arrests five over prank eggplant-rain video (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Malaysia announces movement control order after spike in Covid-19 cases (updated) (The Star, 16 March 2020)
S&P 500 tumbles 9% (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Fed & company fail to calm markets (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: 830 more nurses for govt hospitals, says Health Minister (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Oil slumps to lowest since 2016 as demand collapse triggers rout (The Star, 16 March 2020)
IMF chief calls for more fiscal stimulus to limit coronavirus damage (The Star, 16 March 2020)
“It’s okay to feel scared”: countries across globe tighten steps against Coronavirus (The Star, 16 March 2020)
European shares slump to 2012 lows (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: Johor Sultan advises people to be calm and take precautionary measures (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: No lockdown order in PJ, say cops (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: Mosque activities, Friday prayers postponed from March 17-26 (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: MCMC launches Telegram channel for anti-fake news portal Sebenarnya.my (The Star, 16 March 2020)
PM to outline measures to address Covid-19 outbreak in special address (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Staying safe, and sane, as Silicon Valley locks down for virus (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Hishammuddin: China pledges to provide Malaysia with medical items to fight Covid-19 (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Don’t worry, there is enough food for everyone, says PM amid Covid-19 fears (The Star, 16 March 2020)
PM: Workers forced to take unpaid leave to receive cash assistance of RM600 a month (updated) (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Man caught on CCTV spitting on elevator buttons (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Other ministries must help Health Ministry combat spread of Covid-19, says MMA (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: 125 new cases recorded, bringing total number to 553 (Updated) (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Bersatu AGM, polls on hold due to Covid-19 pandemic, says Syed Hamid (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Melaka police locate senior citizen who went missing during Covid-19 check-up (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Sabah wants Federal Govt to lift export ban on several types of fish (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Dr Dzul: No need for lockdown, stringently follow social distancing advice (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in KK to focus on tackling rising Covid-19 cases (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Sri Ram confident to continue 1MDB trial despite Covid-19 concerns (The Star, 16 March 2020)
M’sian Bar urges govt to lock down country following Covid-19 pandemic (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: People begin stocking up food supplies in Setiawangsa (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: Tabligh cluster link has 87 occupants of madrasah in Terengganu placed under quarantine (The Star, 16 March 2020)
S’wak to impose two-week stay at home order from Wednesday (March 18) for everyone entering the state (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Hammer thrower Jackie first national athlete to test positive for Covid-19 (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Melaka sets up 12 Covid-19 screening centres (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Sport stars flock to do WHO ‘safehands challenge’ as Covid-19 fears mount (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Hong Kong art dealers, decimated by months of protests and Covid-19, turn to the Internet to find buyers (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Jack Ma joins Twitter with first tweet on mask donation to US (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Covid-19: Chinese supercomputer uses artificial intelligence to diagnose patients from chest scans (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Google is not launching a US coronavirus testing referral site as Trump claimed (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Spotty Internet, neck pain, needy pets: The weirdness of working from home in the Covid-19 age (The Star, 16 March 2020)
How some hotels are using technology to mitigate Covid-19 (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Hsien Loong: Virus may be more damaging than financial crisis (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Mideast’s global stimulus (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Mass gatherings affected (The Star, 16 March 2020)
NGO educates public on disease (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Wee to meet with smallholders nationwide (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Wedding receptions still going on (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Minister: Stop the panic buying (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Government preparing to bring Malaysians in Iran home (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Party leaders grounded as safeguards ramped up (The Star, 16 March 2020)
S’wak looking for people who met Sarikei MP (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Govt holds meet as cases rise (The Star, 16 March 2020)
Discord has increased the number of people who can watch a live stream from 10 to 50 (The Star, 16 March 2020)
S’wak DAP tells members who had close contact with Sarikei MP to self-quarantine (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Working from home not all it is cracked up to be for some US-based Chinese tech workers (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Under lockdown, Italy’s social and family life goes virtual (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Five early-warning economic indicators show US virus shock (The Star, 15 March 2020)
American Airlines cutting international flights by 75% amid demand collapse (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Global markets tumble on Covid-19, oil price plunge and US ban (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Nightmare on Wall Street was all about liquidity (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Covid-19: S’wak bans gatherings of more than 50 people (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Govt preparing to bring home M’sians in Italy, Iran (The Star, 15 March 2020)
How the richest 1% keep calm and carry on (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Wuhan football team leaving Spain to escape virus (The Star, 15 March 2020)
‘Avoid hiring foreign workers from outbreak areas’ (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Three cruise ship passengers test positive (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Covid-19 opens up new frontiers for firms (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Singapore confirms 13 new cases (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Phuc wants stronger Covid-19 measures (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Metro Manila to start curfews as deaths rise to six (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Schools in Indonesia close for two weeks (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Indonesia’s death toll climbs to four (The Star, 15 March 2020)
Tackling virus outbreaks (The Star, 15 March 2020)

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