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Health ministry, EC consider safe voting protocol for Covid-19 patients

Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says the people's right to vote should not be denied no matter their health status.

Omicron BA.2 to become dominant coronavirus variant in Malaysia

All systems go for April 1 switch to endemicity? Not quite, as Malaysian industry players complain of manpower shortage | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Malaysia’s industry players are counting down to April 1, hoping for an economic reset when the government officially announces the country’s start of its transition to Covid-19 endemicity. However, repre…

Covid-19 Malaysia: The scenes that touched Malay Mail’s photographers, Part 2 | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Malaysia went into its first lockdown two years ago. Since that first time, there have been a few more. Our photographers took pictures of what was happening during the various lockdowns, reopenings and e…

Dr Noor Hisham: Only 153 new Covid-19 cases in categories three to five in Malaysia | Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — A total of 153 cases or 0.68 per cent of the 22,341 new Covid-19 cases reported yesterday (March 19) involved categories three to five, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He sai…

New health protocol will cut arrival time at airport, says KJ

Travellers can be out of the airport in less than 45 minutes, says health minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Repeat Covid-19 self-test after third, fifth day of developing symptoms | New Straits Times

59 Covid-19 deaths, 24,241 new cases

This brings the total number of fatalities to 34,244.

Boot out those with fake vaccine certs, health ministry is told

MMA says the culprits must be stripped of their vaccinated status, while an MP says they should be required to undergo vaccination.

Act 342 will not be amended, says PM

He says the decision not to table the amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 was made after considering calls from within Umno.

Book your booster dose via MySejahtera from Monday

The app provides a choice of vaccination centres, and date and time.

Health Ministry Now Owns MySejahtera

MOH has set up a MySejahtera steering committee chaired by Khairy Jamaluddin, consisting of MOSTI, MAMPU, MDEC, and MCMC to determine the direction of the app.

Covid-19: Ivermectin didn't reduce hospitalisations, says Health DG

PETALING JAYA: The anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin did not reduce Covid-19 hospitalisations in the largest trial to date, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Adventist Hospital launches nuclear medicine centre in northern Malaysia

Penang Adventist Hospital (PAH), located in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, launched the first full-fledged private nuclear medicine center in northern Malaysia on

Khairy: Level of public health stability to be gauged with ICU admission after borders reopen | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — The effect and level of public health stability after the opening of the country’s borders would only be measured through the rate of admission into intensive care units, said Health Minister, Khairy Jama…

FPMPAM: Don’t Lump Medicine Admin Breaches With Criminal Drug Trafficking

The doctors’ group also wants a regulatory impact assessment by all stakeholders on proposed changes to the Poisons Act before the amendment Bill is passed in Parliament.

With deaths among 60-plus rising, Khairy says 'get boosted'

The health minister says booster shots are crucial for the elderly as the fasting month is around the corner.

Daily Covid-19 infections remain below 30,000 for fifth day in a row

Health Ministry to spend RM3.4b on absorbing medical professionals, deputy health minister tells Dewan Rakyat | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — The Health Ministry will spend RM3.4 billion for the purpose of creating permanent positions for medical, dental and pharmaceutical officers for the period of 2022 to 2025, said Deputy Health Minister II…

More companies to provide Covid-19 tests at airports, Dewan Rakyat told

Deputy health minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says the monopoly by one firm will end soon with Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad inviting more providers via an open tender.

Malaysia Boosts Covid Genomic Surveillance Pending Border Reopening

Malaysia submitted 1,594 genome sequences to GISAID from March 1-16, of which 28% are the BA.2 Omicron strain.

CovidNow: 65.3pc of Malaysia’s adult population have received booster jab | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — A total of 15,357,069 adults or 65.3 per cent of their population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday. Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 22,937,707 individuals o…

NPRA probing six adverse events after Covid-19 jabs involving children, including one death | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) today said that there are six adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) cases involving children aged between five to 11-years-old that are currentl…

MoH: Over 25,000 recovered patients received treatment for long Covid | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — A total of 25,122 recovered Covid-19 patients discharged from government hospitals were given appointments for follow-up treatment at health facilities as of last month, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk…