News about Health

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is temporarily closing about 130 branches and service centres out of a total of more than 350 until March 31 during the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): The Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced several measures following the Economic Action Council (EAC) announcement earlier yesterday, including a tax deduction for donations and contributions made to the COVID-19 Fund and the Ministry of Health (MOH).

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) said its COVID-19 rapid test kit has been qualified for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for the sale of the kits in the US, where the number of positive cases has surpassed 33,000, with 417 deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 23): Several Teluk Intan Hospital medical personnel have been confirmed as being COVID-19 positive, but hospital services are not interrupted.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): Two new deaths have been reported to the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC), bringing the death toll to 10, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): It has now been reported that there are now a total of eight deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): There were 153 new positive cases of Covid-19 were confirmed today, bringing the national tally to 1,183 cases, said the Health Ministry.

PETALING JAYA (March 21): Three members of the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) (pictured) have been tested positive for the COVID-19 infection, reported The Star, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia has reached 1,030, as the country records a 130 jump in new cases as at noon today, according to the Ministry of Health.