Four new cases reported in both Kampung Baru and Bali clusters
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Four new cases were reported in the Kampung Baru and Bali clusters of infections, according to the data given by the Ministry of Health.
Health DG: Strain of coronavirus that caused the outbreak in Malaysia still unknown
KUALA LUMPUR (April 16): Malaysia has yet to identify the particular strain of novel coronavirus that caused the spread of Covid-19 in the country, said Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham yesterday.
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COVID-19: Malaysia's approach may have contributed to low death, high recovery rates, says Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Malaysia’s approach of isolating positive Covid-19 infected patients, even though they are asymptomatic or show mild symptoms, may have contributed in the low fatality rate and high number of recovered cases, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured).
Malaysia's daily new cases drop to 85 after 28 days of MCO
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Malaysia reported 85 new daily cases of Covid-19 today — the lowest daily figure after 28 days into the imposition of the Movement Control Order (MCO) — bringing the tally to 5,072 cases.
Allow opticians to operate during MCO, says chamber
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) wants the government to give optical shops the option to continue operations during the third phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO).
India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia to help fight Covid-19
NEW DELHI/KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): India has agreed to sell hydroxychloroquine tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of Covid-19 patients, Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar told Reuters on Wednesday, with New Delhi partially lifting its bar on exports of the anti-malarial drug.
Eight staff from funeral service company fined RM8k for breaching MCO rules
KUALA KANGSAR (April 15): Eight employees from a funeral service company were fined RM8,000 (RM1,000 each person) for defying the Movement Control Order (MCO), Sinchew Daily reported today.
Woman with no hands sews PPEs using feet
PETALING JAYA (April 15): Norfarrah Syahirah Shaari was born without arms but that has not prevented her from doing her part in helping to stem the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia.
Ashraf Muslim tests positive for Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): Malaysian actor Ashraf Muslim tested positive for COVID-19, after filming a serial drama "Demi" in Inverness, Scotland, late last month, Berita Harian reported today.
MCO offenders to be housed in correctional academies, says minister
KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): The Malaysia Prison Department’s correctional academies will be “gazetted” as detention centres for those who went against the movement control order (MCO) rulings, announced Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pictured), the Malay Mail reported today.
