News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (June 16): Malaysia surpassed the 200,000 level of doses administered for the first time, with 215,876 doses delivered to Malaysians yesterday (June 15), according to latest data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): The government is confident of administering more than 300,000 doses of daily vaccination jab per day in the coming months, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): A total of 5,419 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported today, up from 4,949 yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (June 15): These are the key takeaways of the National Recovery Plan announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Covid-19 vaccines produced by China's CanSino Biologics and the US' Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have been given conditional approval for their usage in Malaysia as both vaccines require only one dose to be effective, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Malaysia confirmed 4,949 new Covid-19 cases today — the fourth straight day of logging declining cases — according to a tweet by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): When the World Health Organization announced last year that Covid-19 had turned into a pandemic, many countries around the world, including Malaysia decided to impose a lockdown to help control the spread of the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Public Bank Bhd managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Tan Sri Tay Ah Lek said today the group’s Covid-19-driven targeted loan repayment assistance programme had so far assisted over 160,000 customers who benefited from the bank’s pandemic relief amounting to about RM40 billion.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): A total 128,912 vaccine doses were administered yesterday (June 13), a decline from 133,804 recorded in the previous day, according to the latest data from the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): There is a need for the government to form a national vaccine research centre employing local experts and resources with the objective to ensure a long-term vaccine supply for the country, said Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) In a media statement on June 13, MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman JP said Malaysia should have its own specialised vaccine research centre to look at the long-term prospects of producing the country’s own vaccines.