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MMA: Review Penalties, Enforcement Powers Under Poisons Bill

“With an increase in fines and the imposition of a jail sentence, many doctors will practise with the Sword of Damocles hanging over their neck”, says the Malaysian Medical Association.

Malaysia Sees More Covid-19 Deaths Among Unhealthy Younger Adults Than Healthy Elderly

Reported Covid deaths among adults aged 40-59 with comorbidities were 171% higher than in seniors aged 60+ without underlying health issues from Feb 6-March 12, 2022.

iOS 15.4: Now you can add MySejahtera COVID-19 vaccine record to your iPhone’s Apple Health app

Did you know that Apple now lets you keep your MySejahtera COVID-19 vaccine record in Apple Health? Here's how you can do it on your iPhone.

Frontliners still thinly spread

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Dr Koh Kar Chai (pix) said Malaysia has been faring well in dealing with the pandemic com...

1,521 new Covid-19 hospital admission yesterday – MOH https://malaysiagazette.com/2022/03/15/1521-new-covid-19-hospital-admission-yesterday-moh/ via @MalaysiaGazette

1,521 new Covid-19 cases were admitted into the hospital yesterday.

Khairy admits chronic underinvestment in nation’s public healthcare system, White Paper to be tabled in November | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today admitted that there is a chronic underinvestment in the nation’s public healthcare system, unlike other...

MOH Moots Harsher Punishments, Heavy-Handed Enforcement For Medicine Offences

The Poisons amendment Bill 2022 raises general penalties to up to 5 years’ jail or max RM50,000 fine, besides protecting pharmacy enforcement officers from lawsuits.

Health experts flag risk of diabetes in children infected by Covid-19 | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — A recent study by researchers in the United States showing that Covid-19 may raise the risk of diabetes in children has set the alarm bells ringing in medical circles. A team of researchers from the US Ce…

Sabah does away with health forms for entry

Arriving travellers only need to show their health status on the MySejahtera app.

Health D-G urges food manufacturers in Malaysia to display salt content in food, drink product labels | Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has advised food industry players to comply with the Food Act 1983 and the Food (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulation 2020 that makes the labelling of salt…

1,757 new hospital admissions, ICUs at 44% capacity

A total of 1,371 patients were also discharged yesterday.

32.9 per cent of children partially vaxxed

Reduce reliance on RT-PCR tests, Khairy tells Malaysians

Finance Minister: Covid-19 related EPF withdrawals led to lower 2021 conventional savings rate | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 14 — Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz today said that the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) 6.1 per cent dividend for conventional savings for 2021 could have been 6.7 per cent if previous unp…

Dr Noor Hisham: New Covid-19 cases drop to 22,535, 87 deaths recorded | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — Daily Covid-19 cases continued on a downward trend, with 22,535 new cases recorded by the Health Ministry in the last 24 hours. In a statement this morning, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham…

ParkCity Medical Centre named Malaysia's emerging hospital company for 2022

Khairy: Health Ministry targets having 50pc of children in Malaysia vaccinated against Covid-19 before school session starts | Malay Mail

SEREMBAN, March 13 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) is targeting to have 50 per cent of children in Malaysia aged five to 11 vaccinated against Covid-19 through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) be…

Covid-19: Khairy moots waiting until public health situation in Malaysia is stable before holding GE15 | Malay Mail

SEREMBAN, March 13 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin opines that the public health situation in the country which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic needs to be stabilised before the 15th General Election (GE15) can be…

With EPF savings depleting, health insurance plan vital, says ex-MMA chief

Dr N Ganabaskaran says this is to ensure that retirees will not be ‘stranded' after 60 when they are no longer employed.

Azmin: Miti, Health Ministry in talks to set up Covid-19 booster dose programme in manufacturing sector | Malaysia | Malay Mail

KOTA BARU, March 12 ― The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) is in talks with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to set up a vaccination programme to administer Covid-19 booster doses to nearly two million workers in t…

Alarming rise in kidney problems in Malaysia | New Straits Times

Why you should support the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill

This policy is a critical step forward to address the problem of smoking in Malaysia which has not seen much progress over the past decade.

Health Ministry denies publishing infographic on Covid-19 vaccine fourth dose | Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — The Health Ministry has denied that it has published an infographic relating to a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose. In a Facebook posting tonight, the ministry said an infographic that has since gone viral wa…

Johor polls: Health Ministry issued 42 compounds for SOP violations, including five to Najib, says Khairy | Malaysia | Malay Mail

TANGKAK, March 10 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has issued 42 compound notices for the violation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the Johor state election campaigning period to date, including five to former pr…