Covid-19 breaks 200k mark, and other news you may have missed

KINI ROUNDUP | Here are key headlines you may have missed, in brief.

1. Malaysia reported a record high 5,725 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the cumulative cases to 203,933. The Petaling district in Selangor alone had 1,530 new cases.

2. Night markets (pasar malam) are now allowed to operate from 4pm to 10pm under the movement control order.

3. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said there will not be a total lockdown even if the Covid-19 pandemic hits the worst-case scenario.

4. Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said condominiums can only force foreign tenants to take swab tests. He also swiped at Pakatan Harapan lawmakers for raising concerns over the policy.

5. Former health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad urged his successor, Dr Adham Baba, and the latter’s two deputies to either take charge of the ministry’s decision-making or resign.

6. A doctor from the Institute of Medical Research Malaysia shared with Malaysiakini their ground-breaking experience in testing the country's first Covid-19 patients.

7. Federal Territories Minister Annuar Musa was accused of flouting the two-person limit for exercising outside, a charge he denied.

8. Human Resources Minister M Saravanan has come under fire after devotees questioned why he could celebrate Thaipusam at the Batu Caves temple without a mask.

9. Selayang MP William Leong questioned if there was political interference behind the police investigating opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for urging lawmakers to petition the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to rescind the emergency proclamation.