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PUTRAJAYA (Aug 25): A total of 11 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, with five of them involving the Tawar cluster, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): There are no new Covid-19 cases detected in the Tawar cluster, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): Ten new Covid-19 infections were reported in Malaysia today, eight of which were imported cases, while the remaining two were local transmissions under the Tawar cluster, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia rose to 16 — from seven reported yesterday — with the majority of them coming from the Sala and Tawar clusters that originated in Kedah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): Health director-general Datuk Dr.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia rose slightly to 20 from 15 reported yesterday, pushing the number of active cases close to the 200-mark.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose slightly to eleven today, from nine reported yesterday, bringing total cases in the country to 9,114.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced eleven new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, of which five were imported cases while six were local transmissions.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped to seven today, from double-digit numbers in the last three days, raising the country's cumulative cases to 9,070.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 8): It is “odd” that the government has not made it compulsory for students in schools to wear face masks to stem the spread of Covid-19, a health expert told FMT today.