KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 — No samples of soy sauce products in this country, including ABC Sweet Soy Sauce and Sambal Ayam Goreng Sauce, were found to contain sulphur dioxide based on monitoring at all entry points and in local markets from June 2021 to date.

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 9 — The Ministry of Health is transforming the national health system from sick care to health care, said its minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — The number of new cases of Covid-19 decreased by 16.9 per cent to 15,549 cases in the 35th Epidemiological Week (ME 35/2022) from August 28 to September 3 compared to 18,715 in ME 34/2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — The number of new Covid-19 infections dropped by 17.9 per cent to 18,715 cases in the 34th Epidemiology Week (ME 34/2022) from August 21 to 27.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 23 — The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) has cancelled a cosmetic product because it was found to contain scheduled poisons and is thus no longer allowed to be sold in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped by 14.5 per cent to 22,822 during the 33rd Epidemiology Week (ME 33/2022) from August 14 to August 20.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — The Health White Paper (HWP) is critical and will be the starting point of the country’s health reform journey, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — The number of new Covid-19 cases decreased by 6.6 per cent to 26,678 cases during the 32nd Epidemiological Week (ME 32/2022) from August 7 to August 13.

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 12 — Employers are urged to ensure that their foreign workers undergo a health screening to prevent the transmission of urban malaria as happened in Penang, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream products have been recalled from sale since last month after being detected to contain a carcinogenic substance, ethylene oxide (ETO) above the permitted level.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 10 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) will take enforcement actions against illegal dental practitioners under the Dental Act 2018 (Act 804), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — The number of new Covid-19 cases has increased by 0.8 per cent to 28,554 cases in the 31st epidemiological week (ME 31) from July 31 to August 6, comprising 28,499 local cases and 55 imported cases.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Spikevax brand Covid-19 vaccine produced by Rovi Pharma Industrial Services in Spain has been given conditional approval for use in Malaysia by 12-year-olds and above, said Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 — The abolition of the requirement to fill in and complete the traveller's card feature in the MySejahtera app is applicable to all citizen and non-citizen travellers, regardless of their vaccination status, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Priority should be given to public health issues over the 'fundamental right' to smoke, especially for young people, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has seized unregistered pharmaceutical products estimated at RM2,652,500 and detected 2,438 links on websites selling unregistered pharmaceuticals nationwide in Operation Pangea XV carried out from June 23 to July 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The number of new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has shown an increase of 13.5 per cent to 29,886 in the 29th epidemiological week (ME 29/2022) from July 17 to July 23, from 26,335 in the previous week.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — The number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the 28th epidemiological week (ME 28/2022), from July 10 to 16, has increased by 23.4 per cent to 26,355, compared with 21,355 reported in ME 27/2022.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — New Covid-19 cases increased by 27.9 per cent from July 3 to July 9 compared to the week before that, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

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