News about Health

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): British actor Idris Elba said he had tested positive for COVID-19, joining Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, among the first major celebrities to contract the respiratory disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The Ministry of Health is ordering 800 new units of medical ventilators for treatment of critical COVID-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that as at 12pm today, there were 125 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally to 553 in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): The Malaysian Bar has called on the federal government to institute a lockdown of the nation due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): A group of local medical experts representing seven professional societies has urged Putrajaya to implement “quick and firm measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and avoid an uncontainable surge in cases”, reported The Malay Mail today.

IPOH (March 16): The containment of the COVID-19 spread is no longer possible, The Star reported Dr Lee Boon Chye (pictured) saying today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that there are 190 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally to 428 in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): To contain the spread of COVID-19, the Government has decided that all public gatherings including international meetings, sporting fixtures, social and religious events will be postponed or cancelled accordingly until April 30, 2020, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): The Ministry of Health (MOH) today announced 39 new cases of COVID-19, raising the total number of confirmed cases TO 197 in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 13): Ireland is set to go into lockdown from 6pm today (2am Malaysia) in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak, The Irish Post reported today.