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KUALA LUMPUR (July 28): Nearly 83% of the Covid-19 patients under categories 3, 4 and 5 reported yesterday have not been vaccinated, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PETALING JAYA (May 30): Doctors have no choice but to prioritise Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients with a higher chance of recovery owing to the strain on Malaysia’s the health care system brought about by the current spike in infections.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Malaysia posted another record high new Covid-19 cases with 8,290 infections, up from 7,857 yesterday, raising total cas4es to 549,514.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): Amid complaints of poor conditions and inadequate facilities provided at quarantine centres, the Selangor Health Department admitted today that the situation at Covid-19 Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): The Ministry of Health (MoH) said 67% of public hospital beds were used to treat those infected by Covid-19, including suspected and probable patients, as of last Saturday (May 8).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): Malaysia’s active cases, which carry high transmission risks, surged to 34,789 cases yesterday, up 5,562 cases from 29,227 a week ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 26): Malaysia has recorded a jump in the number of daily confirmed Covid-19 cases today to 2,253, from 1,924 yesterday, pushing the cumulative coronavirus infections in the country to 295,951.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): MY EG Services Bhd (MyEG) has launched an online portal, SafeQ, which offers an array of hotel accommodation and amenity options available to low-risk Covid-19 patients who wish to undergo mandatory quarantine requirements in more comfortable settings.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): Malaysia has recorded an increase in the number of daily confirmed Covid-19 cases today at 3,499, compared to 3,318 yesterday, pushing the cumulative figure in the country to 261,805.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 6): Improvements are urgently needed in the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) handling of Covid-19 patients in Categories 1 and 2 — meaning those with mild symptoms — as well as their close contacts to eliminate confusion and prevent possible flouting of the home quarantine standard operating procedures (SOPs) which can lead to an increase in community transmissions, according to the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).