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Policymakers must offer targeted support to households and firms hardest-hit by travel bans, social distancing policies and other measures aimed at containing the pandemic, said Changyong Rhee, director of the IMF’s Asia and Pacific Department.

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"Please consult with us before thinking about 'coronavirus divorce'," the Tokyo-based Kasoku urges customers, offering its Airbnb-like fully-furnished units as "temporary shelters" for people to escape the family, whether to work or just get some peace and quiet.

It was initiated by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to encourage people to stay active at home.

Every country should implement comprehensive public health measures to maintain a sustainable steady state of low-level or no transmission and prepare its surge capacity to react rapidly to control any spread, the WHO said.

This brings the total of infections related to the Bali cluster to 24 cases, while Kampung Baru has 27 infections.

This comes after the group last month aborted similar cash calls announced on Feb 12, to raise up to RM80 million.

Noor Hisham said that since Malaysia is currently dealing with the second wave of the outbreak - whereby most of the infections are from imported cases through Malaysians returning from abroad, he did not rule out the possibility that all three variants of the coronavirus are present in the country.

"Our policy here in Malaysia, positive patients whether they have symptoms or not, we make sure that they are isolated in the hospitals so that we can actually monitor them closely."