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Chinese anti-Covid-19 medical team arrives in Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — A team of medical experts sent by the Chinese government arrived at Malaysia today to help the country fight the Covid-19 pandemic, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. The eight-member expert team was re…

Takiyuddin: Minister, deputy minister not immune under the law if they flout MCO | Malay Mail

KOTA BARU, April 18 — Ministers and deputy ministers are not immune under the law if they deliberately flout the movement control order (MCO), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. He said it w…

Health D-G: Mass screening to be conducted on foreign workers in Malaysia | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Malaysia’s Health Ministry will embark on a big-scale mass screening of its foreign workers here, following Singapore’s record daily jump of new Covid-19 cases detected among its migrant workers’ communit…

Sabah medic cluster hits three hospitals, 31 infected

UPDATED 6.12PM | CORONAVIRUS | The institutions affected are the Queen Elizabeth 2 Hospital, the Likas Women and Children's Hospital, and the Keningau Hospital.

War on Covid-19 not over, says Health DG

UPDATED 6.35PM |CORONAVIRUS | Noor Hisham Abdullah says the people must not get complacent over the falling numbers of Covid-19 infections.

Covid-19: New infections drop to 54, over 3,000 recovered

CORONAVIRUS | Today is also the second straight day that new infection cases have remained in the double digits.

Covid-19: ‘Mak Cik Kiah’ robot displays capabilities at HCTM | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 17 — Mak Cik Kiah 19 (MCK19), the first Malaysian-made delivery robot to help healthcare frontliners battling the Covid-19 outbreak, showed what it can do via a demonstration at the Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhri…

Covid-19: Five states, one FT record zero new cases; Kulai new red zone | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Continuing its good run since phase 3 of the movement control order (MCO) began earlier this week, five states and one Federal Territory in the country have maintained their status quo in terms of recorde…

MOH Outlines Criteria For Lockdown Exit Strategy

Health authorities aim to reduce Covid-19 infectivity to below 2,000 cases.

Health DG assures no medicine shortages, including Remdesivir

CORONAVIRUS | Malaysia has enough medicines to treat Covid-19 patients, says Noor Hisham.

Sarawak says collaborating with Brunei on Covid-19 | Malay Mail

KUCHING, April 17 — Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) deputy chairman Datuk Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian today said Brunei has shared useful information on relapsed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection cases in the sultanat…

NSC says didn’t endorse Covid-19 contact tracing app | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The National Security Council (NSC) said it has not endorsed the “Gerak Malaysia” app publicised as a Covid-19 contact tracing tool. The NSC said on Twitter that it has not yet evaluated the app designed…

Covid-19: Chinese Embassy confirms eight medical experts coming to M'sia

Record low in new Covid-19 cases since MCO

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded another double-digit of new Covid-19 infections yesterday with 69, two days after charting a similar drop in cases with 85 on Wednesday.

After Singapore’s Covid-19 spike, Health D-G urges firms to check on migrant workers | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — With 601 cases of Covid-19 among foreigners in the country, companies employing foreign workers must take the necessary precautions to prevent new clusters, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The Health…

Health D-G: Rapid test kits from S. Korea cost under RM50 each | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The rapid antigen Covid-19 test kits procured from South Korea by the Health Ministry is expected to cost the government below RM50 a unit, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The…

Health D-G: 14 doctors, nurses in Sabah’s Likas hospital likely got Covid-19 from gathering in pantry | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — The Covid-19 cluster involving health workers in Sabah’s Likas hospital was likely caused by them gathering in common areas and not from wards, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.…

Health D-G: Only 10 Malaysian returnees tested positive for Covid-19, most others discharged | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 17 — The rate of Covid-19 infection among Malaysians returning from overseas remains considerably low, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed today, as the country continues to see a downward trend in new positiv…

Health DG: 601 foreigners test positive for Covid-19, three deaths recorded

Epidemiologist Opposes Mass Testing, Says Malaysia Headed Right Path

Dr Nirmala Bhoo Pathy uses deaths per million population and the mortality rate to gauge Malaysia’s success in tackling Covid-19.

Bitter truth for medical staff claiming allowance

Malaysia already has a contact tracing app and it’s downloadable now | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — In the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19, contact tracing is an important tool which helps health authorities such as the Ministry of Health to identify every person that an infectee may have made…

They are praising us as a nation, says Health DG

CORONAVIRUS | What's important is that we, at the Health Ministry, work as a team (with everyone else), says Noor Hisham.

Health D-G: No Covid-19 cluster among foreign workers so far | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 16 — Health authorities have not detected Covid-19 clusters involving migrant workers, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. The Health director-general said district health offices (PKD) were still actively…