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Health D-G says MOH actions lower R0 below 1.0 | Malay Mail
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 31 — Actions implemented by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for more than two weeks in balancing the health and economic sectors has succeeded in showing positive results, with a decline in R-nought or R0 for Covid-19…
Dr Noor Hisham: Covid-19 patients’ bed occupancy rate nationwide at 40pc | Malay Mail
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 30 — About 40 per cent of the 16,060 beds for treating Covid-19 patients at hospitals and Quarantine and Low Risk Treatment Centres (PKRC) nationwide are being used as of 10pm yesterday. Health director-general Tan…
To ensure public safety and to uphold professional standards, a set of guidelines on aesthetic medical practice was developed and implemented in June 2013. With the implementation of these guidelines, only medical practitioners w…
Singapore, Malaysia halt using SK Bioscience's flu vaccine
Apparently affected by fatalities related to influenza vaccination in Korea, the Singaporean and Malaysian health authorities recently recommended local medical institutions to halt inoculation usi...
Deputy Health D-G: 8,506 beds to treat Covid-19 in Sabah with 43pc usage rate | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — There are currently 8,506 hospital beds in Sabah to treat Covid-19 patients, with a 43 per cent usage rate, Deputy Health Director-General Datuk Dr Rohaizat Yon said today. In a Facebook posting shared by t…
On a mission to get women in Sarawak access to breast cancer screening
For the women in rural Sarawak, screening for breast cancer isn't practical: it costs just too much to get to a big specialist hospital. It also takes too long, which means losing income. Two Sarawakian women are determined to ca…
Health Ministry: Malaysia temporarily halts use of two flu vaccines after South Korea deaths | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The Health Ministry has announced today it has temporarily halted the use of two influenza vaccines — SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and Vaxigrip Tetra — as a precautionary measure after at least four dozen people…
Health DG admits backlog in transporting Covid-19 patients for treatment in Sabah
Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also says frontliners and health ministry staff are going through mental and physical lethargy after combating Covid-19 for the past 10 months.
Malaysia’s active Covid-19 cases breach 10,000-mark; 801 new cases, eight deaths today | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The Health Ministry today reported 801 new Covid-19 cases today and eight deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases has crossed the 10,000-mark. Today’s deaths raise the tally to 246 since the…
Budget 2021: Experts want focus on Covid-19 vaccination programme
KUALA LUMPUR: Health experts are rooting for more allocations under the 2021 Budget to secure access to Covid-19 vaccines and decisively defeat the pandemic.
PETALING JAYA: Frontliners at hospitals in Tawau and Semporna, which have seen one of the highest Covid-19 cases in Sabah, are on the verge of burning...