News about Ministry of Health

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The basic reproduction number (R-nought or R0) of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia climbed back up to 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Backlog surgeries in Ministry of Health (MoH) hospitals are collectively estimated to be as high as 200,000 cases, including elective procedures, due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Malaysia reported 5,666 new cases on Sunday (Oct 24), a 3% decrease from the 5,828 reported a day earlier, marking two consecutive days of decline.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 20): Following complaints from several MySejahtera users about receiving troll emails and spam SMS messages with one-time passwords (OTPs) from the Covid-19 app's helpdesk, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that there is no leak in the MySejahtera database.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): The number of cases, fatalities, bed usage and use of the intensive care unit (ICU) for Covid-19 patients reported daily continued to show a downward trend in the 41st epidemiological week (ME), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Malaysia reported 7,420 daily Covid-19 cases on Friday (Oct 15), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 12) : Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases increased slightly to 7,276 on Tuesday (Oct 12) from 6,709 recorded on the previous day, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 11): Malaysia reported 6,709 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Oct 11), down from 7,373 a day earlier, and the lowest since July 5.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases fell further to 8,743 at 12pm Saturday (Oct 9), from 9,751 reported on Friday, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Malaysia reported 117 more Covid-19-related fatalities on Tuesday (Oct 5), up from 76 logged a day ago.