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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): The Ministry of Health (MoH) is expected to start administering the third dose of Covid-19 vaccine to selected groups such as frontliners, the immunocompromised and elderly with comorbidities beginning this month, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Malaysia Covid-19-related deaths continued to decline as 109 fatalities were reported on Saturday (Oct 2), the third consecutive day the daily figure stayed below the 200 mark, dropping further from 121 the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 3): Malaysia recorded a further drop in new Covid-19 daily cases, down below the 10,000 figure mark to 9,066 on Sunday — the first in nearly three months.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Malaysia’s daily reported Covid-19-related deaths dropped below the 200 mark after 192 fatalities were reported on Thursday (Sept 30), down from 208 the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Malaysia reported 240 Covid-19-linked fatalities on Tuesday (Sept 28), the fifth consecutive day of the daily figure staying above the 200 mark, but down from 258 on Monday.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases declined further to 13,104 on Sunday, from 13,899 the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Malaysia's Covid-19 cases rose to 14,554 from yesterday's 13,754, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Malaysia reported 116 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday (Sept 23), down from 487 logged the day before.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Malaysia's Covid-19 cases dropped further to 13,754 on Thursday from 14,990 the day before, marking two consecutive days of declining new infections in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Malaysia's daily number of reported Covid-19 related deaths rose to 487 yesterday (Sept 22) from 334 a day earlier (Sept 21), bringing total fatalities to 24,565 so far, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) latest updates.