Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham: Evaluation on two saliva self-testing devices have been completed by the IMR and both have a sensitivity of over 90%. The MDA (Medical Device Authority) is detailing the usage guidelines and Insha Allah (God willing) it will be completed next week.

The COVID-19 vaccine developed in Malaysia in collaboration with the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will undergo pre-clinical trials involving animals starting next month and is expected to be completed by 2024.

Of this, 206,757 jabs were given as the first dose while 133,286 people had received their second dose

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the proposed Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centres will be located at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Dengkil in Selangor and Grand Season Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, which ceased operations last year.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the rebate for the Grab e-hailing services would benefit almost 50,000 individuals statewide, with an allocation of RM1 million

Noteworthy:
● Freehold
● Built-up: 670 sq ft
● One bedroom; one bathroom
● Fully furnished
● Facilities: Swimming pool, wading pool, tennis and badminton courts, gym and more
● Amenities: International schools, shopping facilities such as Plaza Mont’Kiara, 1 Mont’Kiara and Solaris Mont’Kiara

When: Feb 2021

CIDB reminded construction industry players to comply with the latest SOP, which can be downloaded from www.cidb.gov.my, to avoid being subjected to strict action including suspension and/or revocation of the Contractor Registration Certificate

Kuala Lumpur also saw a drastic increase in new cases with 1,550 compared with yesterday's 819

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba: This number involves the B40 Group who previously never knew they had non-communicable diseases such as diabetes (10.4%), high cholesterol (29.8%), high blood pressure (13.8%), mental problems such as depression (1.6%) and anxiety (1.4%) other than obesity problems and so on. Prior to undergoing the PeKa B40 health screening, they had never undergone such health screening, let alone seek follow-up treatment.

In a note, analyst Chloe Tan said there could be a short-term recovery rally towards the fourth quarter of the year (4Q21) when the country attains herd immunity and as the economy reopens