KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — A total of 292,104 individuals have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme was implemented 19 days ago (February 23).

PUTRAJAYA, March 4 — The government has agreed to exempt the Covid-19 screening fee for students of local institutions of higher learning (IPT), says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — Malaysia finds the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine more attractive as recipients need to take only one dose, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KULAI, Feb 13 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said 527 of the 852 Covid-19 clusters reported in Malaysia during the third wave of the pandemic, from Sept 20 until yesterday, are linked to workplaces.

SERDANG, Feb 12 — The one-off payment of RM500 to 140,000 healthcare frontliners, will start being paid on March 1, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 10 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is in talks with pharmaceutical company Pfizer to obtain another 30 per cent supply of Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty (Concentrate For Dispersion For Injection) produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Cabinet Ministers returning from official trips abroad are now exempted from the 10-day observation or home surveillance period.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is carrying out the procurement of ‘low dead-volume’ syringes, needed to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine injections, with local and foreign companies, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 7 — A total of 6,414,565 Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and RTK Antigen screening tests have been conducted since last year until February 5 this year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 — Malaysia will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine a week earlier before the first phase of the national Covid-19 immunisation plan begins on February 26, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba today.

MERSING, Feb 1 — A total of 115 volunteers have been vaccinated under the third phase of a Covid-19 clinical study involving nine hospitals in five states.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) set up nationwide will classify patients’ level of infection so as to determine the next course of action in managing them, including approval to undergo treatment at home, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Malaysia will receive medical equipment worth 500 million yen (around RM19 million) from Japan following the signing of Exchange of Notes for the Provision of Medical Equipment from the Government of Japan to Malaysia in a ceremony held in a virtual environment today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Integrated Hospital near here will start operating on Jan 24 to treat Covid-19 patients in categories three, four and five to be stabilised before they are sent for intensive treatment to the hospital.

JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 9 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is examining the ability of government facilities, including Covid-19 gazetted hospitals, to accommodate patients who are experiencing a sudden increase in symptoms.

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 2 — The Ministry of Health is expecting an increase in Covid-19 positive cases following nationwide active tracing among foreign workers at construction sites and factories.

KLUANG, Dec 20 — The government will be concluding an agreement with AstraZeneca of United Kingdom on Monday to purchase Covid-19 vaccine to meet the immunisation needs of 20 per cent of the people in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — A total of 465 cases of attempted suicide were referred to the Health Ministry (MOH) for treatment between January and July this year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has spent a total of RM2.8 million to provide smoking cessation or pharmacological treatment to 9,222 smokers last year, said its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Effective tomorrow (November 25), all travellers from Sabah will have to undergo Covid-19 screenings three days before leaving for other states, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.