News about Health

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.

PETALING JAYA (March 20): The health ministry said a total of 15 healthcare workers, including three from the private sector, have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Malaysia’s Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged the public or patients to be truthful and not to hide information in giving their history and close contacts.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 19): The Ministry of Health (MoH) today announced 110 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally to 900.