News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): Malaysia administered 313,761 Covid-19 vaccine doses yesterday (July 5), the first time the country crossed the 300,000 mark.

INDONESIA (July 6): The Indonesian government has ordered producers to prioritise medical oxygen amid a Covid-19 surge and a shortage of oxygen in a number of cities, reported BBC on June 5.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Malaysia recorded 6,387 new Covid-19 cases today, an increase from yesterday’s 6,045, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): YB Ventures Bhd has pledged to absorb the entire cost of Covid-19 vaccination for its 600 employees, including local and foreign operational workers in its manufacturing plant in Kulai, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Malaysia administered 217,807 doses of Covid-19 vaccine yesterday (July 3), down from 236,196 vaccine doses administered on July 2, according to data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The Ministry of Health (MoH) will be increasing bed capacity and manpower, as well as outsource more non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals, in order to accommodate the influx of Categories 3 to 5 Covid-19 patients to the public healthcare system.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): Malaysia reported 6,045 new Covid-19 cases today, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH), down from 6,658 cases the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Malaysia reported 6,658 new Covid-19 cases today (July 3), down from 6,982 the day before, although this was the fifth consecutive day that new infections stayed above the 6,000 mark.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Malaysia administered 236,196 Covid-19 vaccine doses throughout the nation yesterday (July 2), down slightly from the 263,012 shots a day earlier, according to data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Bank Negara Malaysia has allocated another RM2 billion for the Targeted Relief and Recovery Facility (TRRF) to provide relief for those in the services sector, bringing the total allocation for the facility to RM6 billion, as part of a list of enhancements to the Central Bank’s initiatives for SMEs.