LONDON, April 13 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised but defied calls to resign on Tuesday after being fined for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules...
BEIJING, Feb 7 — Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Baise ordered residents to stay at home from Monday and avoid unnecessary travel as they...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — Malaysia cannot afford, in economic and welfare terms, to implement a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, Health Minister...
LONDON, Jan 5 — The UK on Tuesday ruled out any new coronavirus-related restrictions, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying that the country has “a...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns were hard on Malaysians in different ways. Isolation, joblessness,...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — The government should look for a more relevant and accurate measure to assess the local Covid-19 situation, rather than just...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has proposed to the government to consider state or area-specific lockdown measures to break...
BANGKOK, June 27 — Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak. The...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) offices and service counters nationwide will remain closed during the extension of the full movement...
PUTRAJAYA, June 12 — The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) is still accepting movement permit applications from essential economic sector workers until the total lockdown expires...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Malaysia’s economic recovery is expected to be affected by the latest surge in Covid-19 infections that triggered a two-week lockdown,...