LONDON, April 13 — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised but defied calls to resign on Tuesday after being fined for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by attending a gathering in his office to celebrate his birthday.

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 enforced curbs that are among the toughest in the nation's toolbox to fight rising local infections of Covid-19.

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 Khairy Jamaluddin said today.

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 chance to ride out this omicron wave" without another lockdown.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns were hard on Malaysians in different ways.

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 relying on the number of daily recorded infections to determine the lockdown, said the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).

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 the chain of Covid-19 infections.

BANGKOK, June 27 — Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country's worst coronavirus outbreak.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) offices and service counters nationwide will remain closed during the extension of the full movement control order (MCO3.0) from June 15 to 28 to curb the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The next two weeks of lockdown is critical for the country to reduce the number of daily Covid-19 infections to 4,000, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PUTRAJAYA, June 12 — The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) is still accepting movement permit applications from essential economic sector workers until the total lockdown expires on June 28, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin.

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, from June 1-14, 2021.

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, June 5 — KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM) Sdn Bhd has urged residents to park their vehicles in a proper and orderly manner to facilitate the collection of domestic and bulk wastes in residential areas in the state. Its managing director Ramli Mohd Tahir said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — Premises in the national capital which specifically sell liquor are not allowed to operate during the total lockdown until June 14.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 3 — The number of passengers allowed to ride the Selangor Smart Bus is reduced by 50 per cent during the total lockdown period under the movement control order (MCO) until June 14. State executive councillor for public transport Ng Sze Han said this in line...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) will be temporarily suspending all its rail services from Friday until further notice due to the enforcement of the 14-day nationwide total lockdown.

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 — There will be no counter service at National Registration Department (JPN) offices nationwide, including at Urban Transformation Centres (UTCs), during the total lockdown period from tomorrow (June 1) until June 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The government will fully implement the Work from Home (WFH) policy for all civil servants following the announcement of the implementation of the first phase of a full closure of the social and economic sectors nationwide, said Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — Approval letters to travel for work issued by the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) will no longer be valid with the implementation of the first phase of the total lockdown from June 1-14.

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 — The capacity of private vehicles will be limited to two people from the same household, including the driver, for the purpose of obtaining food supplies and basic necessities throughout the total lockdown’s first phase from June 1-14.