News about Health

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): Malaysia’s borders may reopen as early as during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO), which is slated to expire on Aug 31, said the Health Ministry’s director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PETALING JAYA (June 18): The Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) preventive measures for preschools and kindergartens will be very hard to maintain over long periods, Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy told FMT today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 15): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases jumped to 41 today from eight reported yesterday, raising the total infections in the country to 8,494.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases dropped to eight as of noon today from 43 yesterday, which raises the country's total confirmed Covid-19 infections to 8,453.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 14): The only one infection detected among barbers in the country does not form a cluster, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah broke into tears today when announcing the retirement of his deputy Datuk Dr Rohaizat Yon.

PUTRAJAYA (June 9): The Ministry of Health has called on companies and employers to screen all new employees for Covid-19 in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): Sepang and Lembah Pantai are no longer categorised as red zones, as the number of active cases in the two health districts fell below 40, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Malaysia’s daily reported new Covid-19 cases increased to 57 as of noon today from the 30 announced yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the country to 7,819 cases so far.

As Malaysia is now into the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMO) periodwhere the majority of the working population is allowed to return to their workplace, Architect Centre Sdn Bhd accredited architect and trainer Anthony Lee Tee is worried about the “invisible health threats” to office workers and occupants as no commercial buildings are designed to be shut down for months at a time.