News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has detected a new cluster of old folks' home in Kuala Selangor after three positive cases were detected, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases jumped to 41 today from eight reported yesterday, raising the total infections in the country to 8,494.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The Education ministry inspect schools at random to measure the “efficacy” of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to keep the Covid-19 at bay when some of them reopen on June 24, reported Berita Harian during an interview with Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd will reduce its car prices by 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) final audit report tampering trial of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB president Arul Kanda Kandasamy has been postponed to tomorrow, as one member of Najib's defence team came down with a high fever and is undertaking Covid-19 testing.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Health director-general (D-G) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there are no reports of any Covid-19 infection being transmitted via food in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases dropped to eight as of noon today from 43 yesterday, which raises the country's total confirmed Covid-19 infections to 8,453.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 13): Malaysia registered 43 new cases of Covid-19 infections today, of which 38 were local transmissions while five were imported cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed a viral social media post that a foreign barber has tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 33 new cases of Covid-19 today, of which 17 were local transmissions, while the remaining 16 were imported cases.