KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The headlines are everywhere, even as masks are not.

BANGKOK,  June 24 — The wearing of face masks in outdoors and open areas in Thailand is no longer compulsory.

MOSCOW, March 18 — Approximately 10 per cent of people across the globe do not develop an immune response after vaccination, Anna Popova, the head of Russia's public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Wednesday, stressing the importance of shielding the majority of the population from the coronavirus disease.

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — US communities that mandated the use of face masks in public saw an ongoing decline in the spread of coronavirus, reported Xinhua news agency based on a study reported by CNN on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — A total of 426 fraud cases with regard to the sale of face masks have been reported nationwide during the movement control order (MCO) period until yesterday, with losses amounting to RM3 million.

PUTRAJAYA, March 20 — The government now permits the import of face masks to meet a shortage in the domestic market as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi said today.