News about Covid

SINGAPORE (Jan 17): A number of Malaysians working in Singapore have started receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases topped 4,000 for the first time today at 4,029, which pushed the cumulative number of confirmed infections in the country to 155,095.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Notion VTec Bhd announced yesterday that some of its workers have been tested positive for Covid-19 and that the company has detected 87 positive and suspect cases thus far within its premises.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Twelve new Covid-19 clusters with 508 cases among them have been identified in the last 24 hours, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

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.