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Decision pending on Malaysian insurers’ cover for COVID vaccine complications

Industry association to leave final say to member companies

INTERACTIVE: When to expect your Covid-19 vaccine shots, and everything else you need to know about Malaysia’s vaccination programme

A week before MCO 2.0’s end date, Malaysia reaches new record of 5,725 daily Covid-19 cases | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 ― Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases today broke the 5,000-case mark to reach a new record high of 5,725, along with 16 deaths. Yesterday’s new cases were just 4,094, which means a whopping 1,631-case increase i…

Health Ministry continues looking for strategies to manage increasing Covid-19 cases, says minister | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 ― The Ministry of Health (MoH) is continuously looking for strategies to manage the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, says its minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said among the steps taken were increasing…

Ex-health minister says key to winning against Covid-19 is to be proactive, not reactive | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Former health minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said the Health Ministry must aggressively prioritise testing and quarantine measures in order to effectively contain Covid-19 in Malaysia. He said it was c…

Malaysia now near 200,000 Covid-19 cases with latest addition of 4,094 infections https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/01/28/malaysia-now-near-200000-covid-19-cases-with-latest-addition-of-4094-infections/ via @@theborneopost

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): The Health Ministry reported 4,094 more cases of Covid-19 today, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 198,208. Another 10 people have also died of Covid-19 in Malaysia. Health director-…

Malaysia ranked 29th for number of Covid-19 cases worldwide

Private hospital patients to bear own Covid-19 costs | New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR: Covid-19 patients in private hospitals will have to foot their own bills, said Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh.

Authorities probe fake Covid-19 test slips

Healthcare group says it did not issue the documents used for cross-border attempts.

IHME Projects 20,000 Daily Covid-19 Cases In Malaysia Early March

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) model projects cumulative 2,828 Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia by May 1.

Five per cent of students screened in 2016-2018 found to be thalassaemia carriers https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/01/28/five-per-cent-of-students-screened-in-2016-2018-found-to-be-thalassaemia-carriers/ via @@theborneopost

PUTRAJAYA: Five per cent or one in every 20 Form Four students screened between 2016 and 2018 are thalassaemia carriers, Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. According to the minister, throughout the period, a total…

Call for government to strengthen public confidence in Covid-19 vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28: With only a month left before the government’s intended COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Malaysian Health Coalition calls for the gover...

Adham Baba: First-ever vaccine trial study crucial to health science

UN hails Malaysia's response to Covid-19 in 2020

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction says health ministry played a crucial role in ensuring maximum readiness to contain the spread of the virus.

Sabah women leader wants govt to seriously tackle period poverty issue

Period poverty is happening in Malaysia and the increasing number of women and girls unable to afford such basic needs is unacceptable and heartbreaking.

Record high 17 new Covid-19 clusters, 15 involving workplaces

Six were detected in Johor, four in Kuala Lumpur, three in Selangor, two in Perak and one each in Sabah and Sarawak.

From frontline to headline, volunteer doc is no stranger to epidemics

Hailing from Penang, Boston's Dr Lai Kwan Kew has travelled far and wide to fight disease outbreaks.

Addressing Safety Concerns About mRNA Vaccines – Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

To say that safety is far more important than efficacy of the vaccine is simplistic thinking, missing the true understanding of the science of vaccinology.

Malaysia Targets 75,000 Daily Jabs In Initial Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout

The government expects to recruit more than 10,000 vaccination staff, such as GPs, pharmacists, nurses, medical students, the Malaysian Red Crescent, St John Ambulance, and community volunteers in the national Covid-19 immunisati…

Dr Noor Hisham: Covid-19 vaccination programme expected to be completed end of this year or early 2022 | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is targeting the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the country to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah s…

A guide to when Malaysians can get vaccinated for Covid-19

KINIGUIDE | We take a look at the vaccination plan against the pandemic.

Covid: Public and private hospitals to operate in a hybrid manner — Health DG - The Edge Markets

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH) has placed public and private hospitals in a cluster under the Covid-19 Integrated Control Centre to operate in a hybrid manner.Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor…

Malaysian gov't signs deal for 12 mln doses of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine - Global Times

The Malaysian government signed a deal on Tuesday to procure 12 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac.

Malaysia unlikely to extend MCO 2.0

Officials plan to follow through with the more lenient Conditional MCO