Coronavirus outbreak: Starbucks closes about 2,000 outlets in China
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Mega coffee shop chain Starbucks has announced it has closed about half of its almost 4,300 outlets in The People’s Republic of China, reported the BBC today.
Coronavirus episode as a buying opportunity for those insufficiently positioned in equities: Kenanga Research
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 29): Kenanga IB Research said it sees the current coronavirus episode as a buying opportunity for those insufficiently positioned in equities.
Coronavirus 'fake news': Up to 5 social media posts/shares being probed by cops
PETALING JAYA (Jan 29): It is flying around social media faster than the bats which allegedly are the source of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) now spreading across China and the globe – we are talking about fake news on the disease.
Singapore: Two more imported cases of Wuhan coronavirus infection
SINGAPORE (Jan 28): The city state’s Health Ministry has confirmed today that two more cases of coronavirus infection originating from Wuhan, China have been detected.
Coronavirus outbreak 'will last at least several months', say researchers
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China will “will afflict a minimum of tens of thousands of people and will last at least several months”, AFP has reported researchers saying based on “the first available data”.
Chinese CDC: Novel coronavirus came from wild animals sold at Wuhan seafood market
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Scientists at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was reported to have “isolated the novel coronavirus in the environmental samples of a seafood market in Wuhan”.
Government to maintain VMY2020 arrival target of 30m amid coronavirus outbreak
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 28): The government will be maintaining its Visit Malaysia 2020 (VMY2020) target of 30 million tourists, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
Report: Hong Kong actor Louis Koo gives RM5.85m to battle coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Hong Kong’s popular actor Louis Koo (pictured) has donated up to RM5.
Fatality from coronavirus crosses 100 in China
PETALING JAYA (Jan 28): More than 100 deaths in China have been reported from the coronavirus outbreak, reported Reuters today.
Coronavirus: Chinese citizens angry with authorities' management of crisis
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Chinese citizens have voiced their anger over the authorities’ handling of the spread of the novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV in their country.
