Malaysian Medical Resources
14,252 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
PUTRAJAYA (March 25): The Health Ministry is considering the use of antiviral drug ‘Favipiravir’ to treat COVID-19 positive patients, said its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.He said the drug, which is also known a…
PUTRAJAYA (March 25): The Ministry of Health (MOH) has streamlined the workforce in Government hospitals to reduce the burden on health workers in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak.Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdu…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — The Malaysian Rubber Gloves Manufacturers Association (Margma) has warned that there could be a chronic shortage of medical gloves in the battle to contain the Covid-19 pandemic at a global level, due to…
PETALING JAYA, March 25 — UK-based general surgeon Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri has teamed up with a group of Malaysian medical professionals to help keep the public informed about the Covid-19 virus. With the right facts. The 32-yea…
(This article has been updated.)KUALA LUMPUR (March 25): The Health Director-General (DG) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said a few wards in Teluk Intan Hospital in Perak have been closed after 37 of its staff tested positive for…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Most of the 73 Ministry of Health staff who tested positive for Covid-19 contracted the virus not from handling patients but from attending wedding events that were also attended by those who attended the…
Malaysia's daily high positivity rates of 10-20% from testing indicates we're still doing too few tests.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — A total of 172 new positive Covid-19 cases were recorded as at noon today, bringing the trend back up after dipping to 106 new cases yesterday. Health Director-General Datuk Noor Hisham Abdullah said this…
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The United States has lifted a ban on a Malaysian medical glove maker it had accused of using forced labor, a government statement showed, amid a surge in demand for personal protective equipment to fight…
KUALA LUMPUR: A total 172 new Covid-19 cases were reported today, bringing the total to 1,796 infections, while the death toll rose to 17, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Mass testing for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will be done by the Health Ministry at high-risk areas to curb its spread in the country, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. In his spe…
CORONAVIRUS | In East Malaysia, the increase of new Covid-19 cases over the last three days have been less severe.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — The existing movement control order (MCO) enforced nationwide will be extended to April 14, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today. In his special address at the midway point of the origi…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today called on frontline healthcare workers to stay strong and stay safe as they have to shoulder the responsibility in fighting the Covid-19 pandemi…
GEORGE TOWN, March 25 — The movement control order (MCO) has impacted the lives of Malaysians in many, many ways but it is much worse for the poor, the elderly who live alone, the disabled and even the daily wage earner. Even in…
Authorities say the 66-year-old individual was admitted to hospital on March 20 and was tested positive a day later.
Communications and multimedia ministry releases a list of fake news circulating online.
LEADING financial services firm JP Morgan said Malaysia’s aggressive testing strategy of test per million capita for Covid-19 has far exceeded its Asean peers and even several European nations.“As a result, such stringent testing…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Sabah is unable to carry out more tests to detect Covid-19, due to a shortage of virus reagents. The Star reported state Health Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi as saying that the department i…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Under newly-minted religious affairs minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad, the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) have taken on the…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 — The Medical Device Authority (MDA) of the Health Ministry has clarified that it never gave permission to local online administrative service providers MyEG to advertise, distribute or sell Covid-19 test k…
JOHOR BARU, March 24 — The Johor Health Department has denied that the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar has been shut down and put under quarantine due to a Covid-19 outbreak. This follows news of a viral WhatsApp mal…