News by Adam Aziz

The immediate concern is the impact of the MCO on rental payments among tenants, as well as the possibility of the partial lockdown being extended beyond March.

“We decided that all our workers in [Singapore] will continue with work, and the Singapore government has agreed to prepare their accommodation for two weeks.”

The decision was made following a National Security Council meeting this morning, Ismail Sabri said in a press conference today. 

This follows the completion of the sanitisation and cleaning processes at the location as at 1.30pm yesterday.

Employers are also not allowed to force workers to use their annual leave or unpaid leave during this period, as the movement restriction was made under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease Act 1988.

In a statement today, the hospital’s director said that the news, which alleged that a lady patient of Chinese ethnicity had fled the premises, is not true.

The decision was made by the ministry with the endorsement of the National Security Council, and after the ministry had sought the views at a Cabinet meeting this morning.

The Malaysian Prisons Department, in a statement today, said no visit will be allowed throughout the order period from today until March 31.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba: Based on early investigations of the 117 new cases reported today, 80 cases were related to the cluster of the tabligh gathering at the Seri Petaling Mosque.

Additionally, Malaysia Airlines has also reduced capacity to Australia and New Zealand, due to self-isolation policy for the two countries.