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KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Swab tests will not be conducted on those attending the next parliamentary meeting on July 13, said Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The Ministry of Health reported six new Covid-19 cases today — five of which were imported cases, meaning only one case was locally transmitted.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The Ministry of Health (MoH) logged six new cases today, of which four were local transmissions involving Malaysians, while two were imported cases involving a Malaysian and a non-citizen who were infected while abroad.

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.