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“Amid these critical times, it is important to ensure that the supply of food is sufficient. The government will allocate RM1 billion to the food security fund."

The collaboration is to facilitate the research on a novel antiviral drug called Remdesivir, which, according to Dr Noor Hisham, has been identified as a possible medicine to treat COVID-19 patients.

Retired civil servants are also entitled to a one-off assistance of RM500, which will also be disbursed in April.

Boris Johnson: I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.

"We carried out this MCO as a preparation for our expectations, where three weeks ago we thought there would be a third wave, or what we call a tsunami."

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: From the preliminary investigation, the four clusters might be connected to the tabligh gathering in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Hotel Association said that apart from those who have been laid off, 9,773 staff are on unpaid leave and another 5,054 had suffered pay cuts

“This is in line with the government’s focus to ensure sustainable economic growth,” said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said when he announced the stimulus package during a national broadcast this afternoon.

In line with BNM’s guidelines, retail and SME customers of both banking entities will be enrolled into the moratorium automatically, said the banks.

With the support from Country Garden’s headquarters in China, the Malaysia-Singapore regional office was able to procure the masks to be distributed locally