Malaysian Medical Resources
14,216 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 7,140 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, continuing the downward trend that began last week. Categories 1 and 2 cases formed 99 per cent of the total. Just 110 patients re…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 — Some 424,000 children in Malaysia are struggling with mental health problems, an indication that mental health issues among the group have become an epidemic, according to a National Health and Morbidity…
A total of 335 patients were also discharged yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — At 74, retiree Hor Yoke Ngo said she has already received three Covid-19 vaccine shots and is willing to receive a fourth one as the second booster after Putrajaya announced its recommendation for those o…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — A total of 308,116 children aged between five to 11 years or 8.7 per cent have completed their vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids), as of yesterday. Accor…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — The Food Safety and Quality Division of the Ministry of Health (MoH) has been instructed to step up its enforcement at Ramadan bazaars, especially at locations that received complaints about food contamin…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 — The Health Ministry (MoH) recorded 10,413 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total number of infections detected in the country since the pandemic started to 4,363,024. In a statement today, Healt…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — Recipients of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine who are not allowed to travel abroad can now get a Pfizer booster to help with travel restrictions, the Health Ministry said today. Health Minister Khairy Jamalu…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) said today it is recommending a second booster shot for individuals aged 60 and above with severe comorbidities as well as for children aged 12 and above who are immunocomprom…
Previously, only close contacts who had received their booster jabs and were asymptomatic could skip the isolation period.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 — No Kinder chocolate products from the Ferrero Ardennes chocolate factory in Arion, Belgium that were reported to be contaminated with salmonella typhimurium bacteria have entered Malaysia, according to th…
The death toll stands at 35,311.
MMA cites 'technical issues' as among reasons.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The Ministry of Health today received a total of 48,000 pills of Pfizer’s antiviral drug for the treatment of Covid-19, Paxlovid (PF-07321332/Nirmatrelvir 150mg film-coated tablets and Ritonavir 100mg fil…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The Medical Device Authority (MDA) has revoked the conditional approval for two Covid-19 test kits from Innovac Technology Sdn Bhd and Conan Medical Technology Berhad, with immediate effect. MDA, in a bri…
KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) has performed the first total knee replacement (TKR) surgery as a day care service in Malaysia.In a statement on Monday (April 11), SJMC said the revolutionary procedure…
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 132,390 children aged five to 11 years have completed the Covid-19 vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Monday (April 11).
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 8,112 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday (April 10), says the Health Ministry.
PETALING JAYA: The government should look at regulating mobile home care services, says Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Dr Koh Kar Chai.
Chronic diseases – such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer – cause 70% of deaths and cost RM9bil in productivity losses in Malaysia.
A total of 494 patients were discharged yesterday.
SHAH ALAM, April 10 — A 40-year-old man who died at his house in Petaling last March 10 was diagnosed with rabies, according to the Selangor Health Department (JKNS). Its director, Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman, in a statement on the JKNS…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 ― A total of 77,834 children aged between five and 11 years in Malaysia have completed their Covid-19 vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday. Ba…