Malaysia forms panel to combat economic impact from virus, oil price crash
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Malaysia’s new government will set up an economic action council to tackle serious risks to the economy, notably the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on trade and a crash in global oil prices, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Wednesday.