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Sime Darby confirms receipt of IHH proposal to acquire Ramsay-Sime Darby JV

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Holdings Bhd has confirmed that Sime Darby Holdings Bhd and Ramsay Health Care Ltd have received a confidential, conditional and non-binding proposal from IHH Healthcare to acquire 100% of their 50:50 joi…

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Dentists Join Doctors In Slamming Poisons Amendment Bill

The Malaysian Dental Association (MDA) says harsher penalties and enhanced enforcement powers under the Poisons amendment Bill “should not be passed” as it may lead to corruption and abuses.

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Study shows nearly 190,000 smokers under 12 in Malaysia, says Health Ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: A previous study revealed that 188,020 children below 12 smoke either conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes, says the Health Ministry.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Book your booster dose via MySejahtera from Monday

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.