Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said so far MOH has not detected cases involving the Lambda variant in the country, adding that the ministry would further enhance its capability by running the full genomic sequence to detect the emergence of any Variants of Concern

On the daily vaccination rate, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said 462,860 doses were administered yesterday, with 162,182 being the first dose and 300,678 the second dose

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia was selected to carry out the research and hoped to help WHO to obtain data on the effectiveness of three new drugs namely artesunate, imatinib and infliximab

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the decision was made following new data on June 16 which was seen by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) which contained information on injections for the group

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah: We find that when the full vaccination rate among the adult population, aged 18 and above in Labuan reached 63.4%, Sarawak (55.7%), Negeri Sembilan (40.1%), Kuala Lumpur (78.3%) and Putrajaya (69.3%), there was a reduction in admission of category three to five patients to hospitals and ICUs

Pakatan Harapan Presidential Council said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's special announcement was an open acknowledgment that he has lost the support of the majority of Dewan Rakyat members

This is the fifth time the country has recorded more than 20,000 daily Covid-19 cases

Penang Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said one of the changes to the policy that raised concerns was that the participants need to make an asset declaration and prove that they own liquid assets of at least RM1.5 million, which is a significant amount compared with RM350,000 and RM500,000 according to respective categories, previously.

MCCC said the change in conditions on all applicants, including the existing MM2H participants, will have an adverse impact on the intended result in the programme relaunch.

It is now known that smaller respiratory droplets expelled from an infected person could spread further through virus ‘aerosols’ inside crowded and/or inadequately-ventilated buildings.  As the risk of catching Covid-19 is higher in confined spaces, it is critical to mitigate exposure to the virus and reduce the disease transmission by improving and enhancing the air quality and ventilation inside buildings.