News about Covid

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): Individuals who need to cross district or state borders (Selangor-KL) to get their Covid-19 vaccination at the designated vaccination centres (PPV) will be allowed to do so, according to the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): Malaysia reported a lower number of new infections today but the daily number remained at above 2,000-level.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): An overwhelming response to the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine registration process saw the system being jammed up in the initial hour, and the entire 268,000 slots taken up in about three hours.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases rose back above the 3,000 level today, after Selangor recorded a jump in infections to 1,200.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 1): Kuala Lumpur and Selangor residents who want to take the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be able to book their slots from noon tomorrow on a "first click, first served" basis.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases stayed above the 3,000 mark for the third straight day, as 3,788 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours, according to health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Kuala Lumpur has an average of 1,554 cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 population from Jan 1 to April 29, exceeding the national average of 853 cases and leading all the states.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Individuals aged between 20 and 29 showed the highest Covid-19 cases incidence rate in the country per 100,000 population so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in a tweet.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Malaysia saw Covid-19 cases rise to 3,332 today, from 3,142 reported yesterday, marking the second straight day new infections have breached the 3,000-case threshold.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases jumped to 3,142 today — the highest in four months, bringing the number of active cases that have high transmission risks to 26,719 in the country.