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Health Ministry to import Covid-19 testing machines for faster results | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — The Health Ministry is looking to increase its Covid-19 testing capabilities by importing specialised devices. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the devices from China were automat…

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Covid-19: Engineer makes user-friendly aerosol box for medical frontliners | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Concerned over the safety of medical front liners in battling the Covid-19 outbreak, an engineer came up with his own initiative to create an aerosol box or intubation box to reduce the risk of infection.…

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Health D-G: Covid-19 infections still appearing in areas under heavy lockdown | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — More coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases continue to be detected in areas under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In his daily Covid-1…

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Health D-G: Malaysia awaiting WHO advisory on masks, recommendations must be backed by evidence | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — Malaysia is still waiting for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) updated guidelines on the use of surgical masks, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. Speaking at his daily…

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Covid-19 cases climb to 3,662, death toll at 61

CORONAVIRUS | Health DG announces four new deaths and 179 new cases, where 46 are linked to Sri Petaling gathering.

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Sabah records 10 new Covid-19 cases

KOTA KINABALU: The number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah hit 225, with 10 new infections reported yesterday.

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Sabah records 2nd Covid-19 death

Patient had travelled to Peninsular Malaysia before being hospitalised in Keningau.

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Health D-G: MCO extension will be decided on April 10 | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 4 — The Health Ministry (MOH) today said that it would decide if the movement control order (MCO) needs a second extension, on April 10. MOH director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that is the latest…

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Health D-G: New test kits from Korea with 80pc accuracy assurance arrives next week | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 4 — New Covid-19 testing test kits which promise an 80 per cent accuracy rate are due to arrive on Malaysian shores next week, the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said to…

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Health D-G: All SARI cases to be treated as Covid-19 positive until proven not, to protect healthcare workers | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, April 4 — All those who have been diagnosed with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) at clinics and hospitals will be treated as Covid-19 positive cases until tests prove otherwise, Ministry of Health’s (MOH) dir…

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Cops using 'special system' to monitor those under home quarantine

IGP Abdul Hamid Bador says they are in touch with these people via video calls.

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Covid-19: Maeps transformed into massive makeshift hospital | New Straits Time

SERDANG: Three days is all the government needed to transform the exhibition halls of the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park (Maeps) into a gigantic temporary makeshift hospital for Covid-19 patients.

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East Msians returning from abroad must undergo quarantine in peninsula | New Straits Time

KUALA LUMPUR: Sabahans and Sarawakians returning from overseas to their home states via the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) must first undergo quarantine in the peninsula.

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40,000 could be quarantined at one time once all 409 centres across Malaysia is ready, says Ismail Sabri | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Once Malaysia opens all 409 quarantine centres across the country, over 40,000 people can be quarantined at the same time, said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said Malaysia currently ha…

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Unhappy with RM1.50 ceiling price for face masks? Lodge an appeal with MOF, minister advises local businesses | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Any local business encountering problems with the government ceiling price for face masks could try lodging an appeal with the Finance Ministry as it handles subsidy matters, said Senior Minister Datuk Ser…

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Covid-19: Pahang gets first red zone with Jerantut; Hulu Selangor, Kuala Langat, Besut now orange zones | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — Jerantut is now the first district in Pahang to be categorised as a red zone or a Covid-19 hotspot in the most severe category, while three districts in Selangor and Terengganu have been classified as oran…

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Covid-19: 26pct of patients cured, 150 new cases, 4 deaths

UPDATED 5.43PM | CORONAVIRUS | Of the new cases, 80 are linked to the Sri Petaling mosque gathering in late February.

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Health Ministry provides cops with data on chain of Covid-19 infection involving 40,000 individuals | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 ― The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received the data on the chain of the Covid-19 infection, which involves about 40,000 individuals, including those linked with the cluster on the tabligh assembly, from…

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Trinity Group donates test kits, masks and gowns to hospitals http://www.edgeprop.my/content/1668770/trinity-group-donates-test-kits-masks-and-gowns-hospitals #EdgeProp.my #theEdge via @twitterdev

KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): Boutique property developer Trinity Group Sdn Bhd recently donated essential medical supplies to hospitals in the Klang Valley...

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RMAF transports medical, health equipment to Sarawak and Sabah | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) today flew in medical and health equipment to Sarawak and Sabah for the use of the states’ frontliners in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. RMAF, in a statement, said…

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Suhakam fears Covid-19 threat to those arrested under MCO

The human rights body says detainees face increased health risks in lock-ups and prisons.