Sell-off continues as Covid-risk fears intensify


KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia took another drubbing as the negative sentiment surrounding the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus weighed on global equities and oil prices.

Reuters reported that countries have shuttered their doors to Britain following news that the new strain of virus found in the country was up to 70% more transmissible than the original.

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