Perak Education Director Dr Mohd Suhaimi Mohamed Ali: The closure is to enable cleaning and disinfection to be carried out by the Ministry of Health.

The appointment will be effective from Dec 1

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the declaration was made after obtaining the consent of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye: This is unbelievable. This is unacceptable. This is scandalous. It would seem that all the advice, exhortations and appeals made after the earlier disruption was water off a duck’s back

The “super penthouse” comes with five bedrooms, a 600-bottle wine cellar, a pool, jacuzzi and a private garden with city views.

Budgeting and savings were cited as areas where they needed most help.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz: The Government will not hesitate to increase the financial allocation if needed, especially to meet the needs of the frontliners.

However, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said antivirus medicine dexamethasone, which could prevent pneumonia, has been found effective and produces positive results on the patients' health.

Meanwhile, 455 patients recovered from the deadly virus today.