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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Backlog surgeries in Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals are collectively estimated to be as high as 200,000 cases, including elective procedures, due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Malaysia reported 5,666 new cases on Sunday (Oct 24), a 3% decrease from the 5,828 reported a day earlier, marking two consecutive days of decline.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured) has given a “not so gentle reminder” to his colleagues to mask up during meetings.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): COVIDNOW data showed that hospital admissions in the Klang Valley and Sarawak increased over the last seven days, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin highlighted on Thursday (Oct 21) in a tweet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Following complaints from several MySejahtera users about receiving troll emails and spam SMS messages with one-time passwords (OTPs) from the Covid-19 app's helpdesk, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that there is no leak in the MySejahtera database.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): The number of cases, fatalities, bed usage and use of the intensive care unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients reported daily continued to show a downward trend in the 41st epidemiological week (ME), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 18): The Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to meet with anti-vaccine groups to provide them with facts and information on the Covid-19 vaccine, based on authentic clinical studies, the Dewan Negara was told on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Malaysia reported 7,420 daily Covid-19 cases on Friday (Oct 15), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Wednesday said it will start giving out booster doses to senior citizens aged 60 years and above as well as frontline members who received a complete dose at least six months ago.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12) : Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases increased slightly to 7,276 on Tuesday (Oct 12) from 6,709 recorded on the previous day, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet.