News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 numbers slipped to 19,631 today from 19,740 the day before — the second day of decline after daily cases topped 20,000 for five straight days.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): The number of new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia dropped to 19,740 today after staying above the 20,000 mark for five straight days.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Malaysia Building Society Bhd's (MBSB) group president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Seri Ahmad Zaini Othman has passed away after battling with Covid-19 complications.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) is on track to achieve its target of getting 50% of Malaysia's adult population fully vaccinated in the month of August, according to its coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): A total of 20,670 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, a slight drop compared to 21,468 recorded yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13):  Malaysia today reported 21,468 new daily Covid-19 infections — the second consecutive day of cases staying above the 21,000 mark — but retreated from the all-time high of 21,668 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) will start vaccinating adolescents aged 12 to 17 years against Covid-19, tweeted its Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 13):  Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Malaysia handed over its donation to Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL), which was the final recipient of REHDA’s over RM1 million contribution to hospitals in the effort to ease their tremendous burden in fighting Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Malaysia's daily vaccination rate increased to 525,342 doses yesterday (Aug 12), from 497,352 reported for the previous day, according to the latest data from the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF).

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