News about Health

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating a company over its RM30 million contract to supply mass testing laboratory systems to a ministry, The Malaysian Insight reported yesterday.

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 (May 1): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that the number of confirmed positive Covid-19 cases among Malaysians who return from overseas increased to 263.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Malaysia reported 40 new cases today, making it the eleventh consecutive day with fewer than 100 infections.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Commercial buildings closed for weeks or even months to curb the Covid-19 pandemic could “fuel” Legionnaires' disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA (April 25): Malaysia may seem to gave a gotten a grip on the Covid-19 outbreak but the Health Ministry has warned complacency could bring about a new wave of infections, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Malaysia reported 88 new cases of Covid-19 today, the eight consecutive day with less than 100 infections.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Malaysia’s capital city Kuala Lumpur sees its number of active Covid-19 positive cases dropped to 432 as of noon yesterday, compared with 535 cases on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): The number of Covid-19 infections in Kuala Lumpur exceeded the 1,000-mark with the tally at 1,021 cases — the second highest in the country among all states and federal territories as of noon yesterday.