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10 localities under EMCO from Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR: Ten localities including nine in Sabah will be placed under two-week strict lockdown due to rising number of Covid-19 cases, starting from Sunday (Aug 15).

Yayasan Sime Darby provides aid worth RM3.2m to Klang Valley public hospitals, Covid-19 assessment centres | Malay Mail

PETALING JAYA, August 13 — Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) is providing aid worth RM3.2million to Klang Valley public hospitals and Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC). The contributions are 20 units of Hyundai Starex 2.5 (A), critical me…

As Sept 1 school reopening looms, Malaysian parents grapple with Covid-19 risks vs rewards of in-person learning | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 — Parents have yet to be convinced to send their children back to school seeing that there are no fixed standard operating procedures (SOP) in...

Electronic trackers soon for those under home quarantine

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Ministry pilot testing digital tracking wristbands

1,000 overseas returnees who have received approval to undergo home quarantine will take part in the exercise.

96 brought in dead as Covid surges nationwide

by ANIS HAZIM/ pic by HUSSEIN SHAHARUDDIN MALAYSIA reported 96 cases of brought-in-dead (BID) due to Covid-19 today, a record high for such a

Health Ministry to hire 100 ambulances for up to a year

Vans also being modified, including outfitting them with minimal medical equipment such as oxygen cylinders, sec-gen says.

Covid-19: 2,000 more hospital beds added but capacity can only last two weeks, says deputy Health D-G | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Hospital beds have been increased from 6,000 to 8,000 and the number continues to rise, Deputy Health Director-General (Public Health) Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheong said today. Dr Chong, who heads the special…

Covid-19: Dr Noor Hisham credits Operation Surge Capacity with drop in Klang Valley hospital admissions | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Operation Surge Capacity in the Klang Valley has resulted in a fall in hospital admissions across age groups. He said during a press conference t…

Covid-19: Malaysia reports 277 more deaths, 1,075 patients in ICU | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Another 277 people died from Covid-19 nationwide today, raising the cumulative fatality count to 11,968 since the pandemic began in Malaysia last year. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdulla…

Covid-19: Selangor expects category three and four cases to reduce by end-August, says MB | Malay Mail

SHAH ALAM, Aug 12 — Selangor expects that Covid-19 cases in Category 3 and 4 will reduce by the end of this month in line with the increase in the number of vaccine recipients in the state, said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin S…

Malaysia’s Covid-19 death toll now at 11,691 after another 318 fatalities; 1,059 in ICU | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 — Malaysia hit its second-highest single-day Covid-19 death toll today, with 318 fatalities linked to the highly infectious virus. This brings the total to 11,691 since the start of the pandemic early last ye…

Covid-19 cases in Malaysia breaches 21,000-mark in single day; Kedah, Sabah cross 2,000 cases | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 ― Malaysia made a new Covid-19 record with 21,668 cases in the past 24 hours. Today’s rate pushed the total cumulative index to 1,342,215 cases since the pandemic arrived in the country last year. Selangor st…

28.3 per cent of Malaysian population complete Covid-19 vaccination: Dr Adham

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 28.3 per cent or 9,246,295 of the country’s population have completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, said ...

Bookdoc, Pfizer partner on "Mental Health for All” digital campaign

Pfizer Malaysian together with healthcare app BookDoc launched an online public awareness campaign which aimed to improve mental health literacy, in light of pandemic stress.

Experts: Tobacco harm reduction already successful in reducing smoking in many countries | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Leading experts in the field of science and technology as well as policy and consumer advocacy believe that harm reduction can play an important role in improving public health. At the fourth Asia Harm Redu…

Bayer And DOC2US Launch Family Planning Telepharmacy

RRAAM abortion hotline observed a 48% increase in requests for safe abortion services during the first Movement Control Order.

Health Ministry: Another 211 lives lost to Covid-19 in Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 211 more deaths due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. In a Twitter post, MoH revealed this brings the death toll in Malaysia to 11,373 since the pandemic began early l…

More pregnant women getting Covid-19, says health DG

Malaysia reports 20,780 new COVID

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia reported another 20,780 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 1,320,547.

Low vaccination rate causing Sabah surge, says Masidi

Covid-19: Another 201 fatalities and 19,991 new cases

PETALING JAYA: Another 201 people succumbed to Covid-19, bringing the country's death toll to 11,162.

Health D-G confirms first death among Parliament’s Covid-19 cases; total positive now 97 | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — The death of a high-ranking government official is the first death recorded out of the 97 Covid-19 cases detected in relation to Parliament so far, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah sa…