News about COVID-19

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Malaysia reported 3,211 newly-confirmed Covid-19 cases today, which brought the nation’s total number of infected individuals to 151,066 so far.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): The Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 was finally gazetted yesterday, three days after a state of emergency was declared by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): The Emergency Ordinance 2021 was officially gazetted yesterday, a check with the e-Federal Gazette site showed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): The government will soon open registration for Covid-19 vaccination to members of the public who are at least 18 years old, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 14): Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (pictured) has tested positive for Covid-19 infection and has been admitted to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UUMC) here, according to a report by Astro Awani.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): Malaysia reported today a fresh record high number of newly-confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals at 3,337, which brought the country’s cumulative figure of cases due to the pandemic to 147,855 so far.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): As two of Malaysia's closest neighbours, Singapore and Indonesia, kicked off their vaccination programmes, Malaysia's Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin wrote a blog post to give an update on what Malaysia's vaccine procurement process is like — why it is not slow in getting its vaccines — and the delivery schedule that Malaysians can expect.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): A total of 69 Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) branches across Malaysia will not be operational temporarily starting from today (Jan 14) due to the re-enforcement of various levels of the nation’s movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): Malaysia reported 2,985 new Covid-19 cases today, which brought the total number of infected individuals in the country to 144,518 so far.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 13): Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin (pictured) has been confirmed positive for Covid-19 based on test results received this morning.