KUALA LUMPUR, April 4 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has recommended the education sector conduct screening on students, teachers and staff after 11 of the 18 Covid-19 clusters reported in the seventh epidemiological week 2023 (ME 13/2023) from March 26 to April 1, were education clusters.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — The public are encouraged to continue taking safe public health measures during the upcoming fasting month to protect themselves, their families and the community.

LOS ANGELES, March 21 — The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell's response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to people without prior infection, according to a new study published on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — A total of 2,796,638 doses of Covid-19 vaccine stocks of various brands have expired at the Ministry of Health (MOH) facility and the Covid-19 vaccine storage warehouse as of February 28.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The rescheduled examination papers for the 2022 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) will be from March 16 to 22.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The public’s response to the Covid-19 vaccine booster dose is still unsatisfactory, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The number of admissions of Covid-19 patients to public hospitals per 100,000 population in the ninth Epidemiological Week 2023 (ME 9/2023) compared to ME 8/2023 increased by 33 per cent for categories one to five, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team (MyCERT) has observed an increase in various cybersecurity attacks capitalising on the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on phishing emails, websites, scam domains, malware and vulnerable sectors and infrastructures in the health sector, according to data gathered by Kaspersky Security Network.

SEOUL, Feb 22 — South Korea will not require travellers from China to test for Covid-19 after arrival starting next month, although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a senior South Korean official said on Wednesday, in the country's latest relaxing of rules that were put in place after China's reopening.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The number of admissions of Covid-19 patients to health facilities per 100,000 residents increased by 3.4 per cent in the seventh Epidemiological Week 2023 (ME 7/2023) from February 12 to February 18, compared to ME 6/2023, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) today expressed its appreciation to the Australian government for channelling RM9 million in funding for the country's Covid-19 programmes.

By Siti Rohaizah Zainal SHAH ALAM, Feb 11 — A total of 15 Selcare Clinics and The KL Clinic are offering free Covid-19 booster shots. The Selgate Corporation Group chief executive officer has invited the public to get their booster doses at a clinic nearby. "Free booster shots are still...

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 — As the situation in the republic has remained steady over the past few months, Singapore will leave the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, said its Multi-Ministry Taskforce (MTF).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — New daily Covid-19 cases for the week compiled by Bernama from January 28 to February 2 surged 42 per cent to 1,629 from the previous week.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 31 — The Biden administration announced on Monday it plans to end the Covid-19 public health emergency (PHE) on May 11.

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 30 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) will collaborate with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to monitor any incidents of Covid-19 outbreak involving students sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations, which will begin on February 20.

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 29 — Some 1.5 million Hindu devotees and tourists from within the country and abroad are expected to throng Penang next weekend for the annual Thaipusam celebrations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — It has been three years since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation on January 25, 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Although taking the second booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is not mandatory, those who voluntarily take it have their own reasons why they feel compelled to do so.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Admissions of Covid-19 patients to health facilities per 100,000 population dropped 8.6 per cent in the third epidemiological week 2023 (ME 3/2023) from Jan 15 to 21 compared to the previous week, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.