Trump suggests injections of disinfectant to cure COVID-19
KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): US President Donald Trump has made a “stunning” suggestion that people could receive injections of disinfectant to cure them of the COVID-19 infection, say reports.
MTUC sec-gen wants gov’t to rein in ‘irresponsible’ employers
KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) secretary-general J Solomon has urged the government to ensure that “irresponsible” employers threatening mass retrenchments during the movement control order (MCO) are reined in, Malaysiakini reported today.
Malaysia's first astronaut now a delivery boy during MCO
PETALING JAYA (April 23): Malaysia first astronaut Dr Sheik Muszaphar Shukor has become a delivery boy in this Movement Control Order (MCO) period.
Singapore: 6 weeks' jail for man who breached stay-home notice to eat bak kut teh
KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): A Singapore man who breached a stay-home notice (SHN) in the island republic and went for a bak kut teh (pictured) meal was sentenced to six weeks' jail, The Straits Times (ST) reported today.
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MCO: 19,077 contractors applied but only 1,856 approved to operate, says Works Minister
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Out of 19,077 construction companies that applied to operate during the Movement Control Order (MCO), the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) have so far only allowed just 1,856 to operate Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said today.
DAP leader: Consider forcing Google and FB to pay media outlets
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Liew Chin Tong has called on the government to consider emulating Australia to compel Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for news content, Malaysiakini reported today.
YTL Starhill Global REIT requests S&P to withdraw credit rating on RM9b property trust
KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Ltd, the manager of Singapore-listed Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (Starhill Global REIT), has requested S&P Global Ratings to withdraw its corporate credit rating on the REIT and notes issued under the property trust’s medium-term notes programmes.
COVID-19: UK to trial use recovered patients' blood plasma for treatment
KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The UK is starting investigations to see if “plasma transfusions” from recovered COVID-19 patients could “speed of recovery and chances of survival” of those still infected by the virus, Reuters reported yesterday.
Report: Singaporean and Malaysian students hurt in racist attack in Melbourne
KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): A Malaysian and Singaporean, both students in a university in Melbourne, have become victims of a racist attack, the Singapore-based The New Paper reported today.
Anthony Fauci does not think novel coronavirus was made in lab
WASHINGTON (April 20): Dr Anthony Fauci (pictured), the man leading the fight against COVID-19 in the US and the top expert on infectious disease in the country does not believe that the novel coronavirus was made in a lab, Xinhua reported recently.
