KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Covid-19 numbers are on the rise and it is advisable that those who have not taken their booster dose do so immediately, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Malaysians have tweeted a total of 21 million Covid-19 related tweets in the country since June 2019, Twitter said in a statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is not ruling out the possibility of reinforcing the issuance of compound notices under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) if Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Five Omicron BA.5 variant cases have been detected in Malaysia and are likely to spread widely, resulting in an increase in Covid-19 cases, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is advising the public to continue to be cautious when celebrating Hari Raya Aidiladha this week with family members and friends to curb the spread of Covid-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — New daily Covid-19 cases in the country have breached the 4,000-mark, with yesterday’s cases at 4,020 after a caseload of 3,451 a day earlier.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has granted conditional registration approval for Veklury (remdesivir) for the emergency treatment of Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is advising the public to continue to be cautious when celebrating Hari Raya Aidiladha this week with family members and friends to curb the spread of Covid-19 cases.

SINGAPORE, July 4 — Singapore President Halimah Yacob has today tested positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms.

SEOUL, July 3 — South Korea's new Covid-19 cases stayed above 10,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday as the daily cases seemed to be rising again after months of subsiding.

SEOUL, July 2 — South Korea's new Covid-19 cases bounced back to over 10,000 Saturday as the daily cases seemed poised to take an upturn again after months of decline.

ROME, July 2 — Italy's Covid-19 transmission rate has increased for the fourth consecutive week, according to a weekly government report released Friday.

PUTRAJAYA, July 1 — Malaysians returning to the country will no longer need to complete the traveller's pass features in the MySejahtera application, effective July 4, said Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin.

TOKYO, July 1 — The Tokyo metropolitan government raised its Covid-19 alert to the second-highest of four levels Thursday amid a continuous rise in coronavirus infections for two consecutive weeks.

TOKYO, July 1 — The Tokyo metropolitan government raised its Covid-19 alert to the second-highest of four levels Thursday amid a continuous rise in coronavirus infections for two consecutive weeks.

SINGAPORE, June 28 — Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said it has been alerted that a one-and-a-half-year-old Singaporean boy who had Covid-19 infection had passed away on Monday (June 27, 2022).

By Mustakim Ramli PETALING JAYA, June 27 — The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will continue issuing temporary business licences to micro-entrepreneurs who are still affected by the pandemic even though the country is now in the transition phase into endemic since April 1. Petaling Jaya...

BANGKOK,  June 24 — The wearing of face masks in outdoors and open areas in Thailand is no longer compulsory.

REMBAU, June 23 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said a new wave of Covid-19 infections in the country is expected to occur earlier than expected in the next two to three months based on a rise in daily cases.

ALOR SETAR, June 23 — The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has paid out RM186 million in Covid-19 benefit claims to 173,498 workers in the country since 2020 to date involving Act 4 and Act 789 under the Self Employment Social Security Scheme (SKSPS).