News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): A total of 20,717,373 people or 88% of Malaysia’s adult population had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Monday (Oct 4).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed another 76 deaths related to Covid-19 on Monday (Oct 4), below the 100 mark for the first time in nearly four months.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): The Ministry of Health (MoH) is expected to start administering the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine to selected groups such as frontliners, the immunocompromised and elderly with comorbidities beginning this month, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): The government will allow the use of heterologous vaccination methods or mixed use of different Covid-19 vaccines for the booster shots beginning this month, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Malaysia Covid-19-related deaths continued to decline as 109 fatalities were reported on Saturday (Oct 2), the third consecutive day the daily figure stayed below the 200 mark, dropping further from 121 the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Malaysia recorded a further drop in new Covid-19 daily cases, down below the 10,000 figure mark to 9,066 on Sunday — the first in nearly three months.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Malaysia continued to gradually witness a fall in new Covid-19 cases, with the daily figure standing at 10,915 on Saturday (Oct 2), below the 11,000 mark from 11,889 infections posted on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Malaysia will be adding new, innovative treatment options to its arsenal in addition to Covid-19 vaccines, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Weekly Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped for the fifth straight week to 86,352 in the week of Sept 25 to Oct 1 — 16.