News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Government will beef up its enforcement of lockdown measures by raising the fines for repeat offenders and ordering an immediate shutdown of their business premises, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Malaysia's National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will begin at the end of this month, to be rolled out in three phases up to February next year, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Government is in the process of amending the Workers' Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 to improve workers' accommodation in Malaysia as the nation contends with the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) announced today that it will introduce an at-home saliva-based Covid-19 testing service in the Philippines this month to help the country's fight against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) deputy governor Marzunisham Omar said there have been growing concerns that terrorist groups are using the Covid-19 pandemic to advance their propaganda and fundraising efforts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 3): Malaysia’s Covid-19 death toll rose past the 800-mark to 809, after 18 fatalities were reported today.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 3): Even though the movement control order for all states and federal territories except for Sarawak has been extended to Feb 18, the government has allowed “all sectors of the economy to be reopened”, The Star reported today based on a source.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 2): The Ministry of Health reported that there were a total of 3,455 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative total of positive cases in Malaysia to 222,628.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 2): The movement control order (MCO), which was previously slated to end on Thursday (Feb 4), has been extended for a further two weeks until Feb 18.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 1): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia today dropped to 4,214 — after three consecutive days of staying above the 5,000 mark — with 10 more deaths, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).