News about Dr Noor Hisham

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Ministry of Health said it does not recommend the usage of the antibody rapid test kits (RTK) for the screening of Covid-19, as a negative test result does not guarantee the individual is free of the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Ministry of Health (MoH) is aware of sporadic Covid-19 cases — or cases that are seemingly not related to the existing infection clusters — and have identified 207 of them.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The “20 visitors per home” rule for Hari Raya Aidilfitri is not an “absolute number”, and must also take into account the size of a home to make sure social distancing is followed, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) clarified today, reported the Malay Mail.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The number of new Covid-19 cases remained below 100 for eight consecutive days, with the Ministry of Health (MoH) reporting 70 new infections, resulting in 1,504 total active cases as at 12pm today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Malaysian Thoracic Society is urging the authorities to “encourage the use of face masks” as restrictions are eased with the conditional movement control order (CMCO), Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Malaysia recorded 67 new Covid-19 infections today, with the majority of them — 49 or 73% of the new cases — found among foreign nationals, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): The Ministry of Health (MoH) said a new cluster with 12 positive Covid-19 infections — all foreign workers from Bangladesh — had been detected in Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has assured that the country's healthcare system will be able to cope, should there be a surge in new daily Covid-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 4): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 55 today, bringing the tally to 6,353, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases dropped to pre-Movement Control Order (MCO) levels at 31 today, according to the Ministry of Health.