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Does Malaysia have enough hospital beds to treat the spike in Covid-19 cases?

The latest tally of these active cases — meaning patients who carry transmission risks and have to be admitted to hospitals and quarantined — stood at 5,768 cases as at yesterday noon, which is just about 1,000 or so cases away from the 6,795 beds available at government hospitals and quarantine centres to cater to those infected by the coronavirus.

Muhyiddin: Malaysia to ink Covid-19 vaccine MoU with China

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that through talks between Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and his visiting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, China has agreed to list Malaysia as a priority recipient of the vaccine after it completes clinical trials. "I am quite pleased with this guarantee and I have asked that this cooperation be inked in the form of an MoU to be made with China."