By Amin Ridzuan Ishak SHAH ALAM, June 11 — The third phase of the free community screenings organised by the Selangor government will expand into areas where there are Covid-19 clusters to conduct close contact tracing. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said...

By Amin Ridzuan Ishak SHAH ALAM, June 11 — The state will set up its own mobile vaccination units under the Selangor Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (SCVP) to help vaccinate homebound chronic patients who are too frail to go to a vaccination centre. State executive councillor for public health...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, June 9 — At least four million people in Selangor would have to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in order for its population to reach herd immunity, says state executive councillor for public health. Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the figure cited is about 80 per cent of...

By Sheeda Fathil JERAM, June 7 — A total of 486,487 people in Selangor consisting of frontline workers and those at risk have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, says state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. She said out of that total 238,474 vaccines...

By Sheeda Fathil KUALA SELANGOR, June 7 — Selangor government aims to get more than 100,000 individuals to undergo its free Covid-19 community screenings programme before it ends on June 10. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said as of yesterday, a total of...

By Norrasyidah Arshad MORIB, June 4: A total of 3,168 out of 87,903 individuals that participated in the free Covid-19 community screenings programme organised by the state government were suspected to be Covid-19 positive. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud...

SHAH ALAM, June 3 — The Selangor government denied the state has received 2.9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as reported in a story published today on the CodeBlue website (codeblue.galencentre.org).

SHAH ALAM, May 21 — The Federal government has been urged to increase Covid-19 vaccine distribution to Selangor due to the state’s high population density.

SHAH ALAM, May 17 — The Selangor government has today denied a viral message that claims the state administration will be opening up immunisation registration to the people of Selangor, describing it as false.

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG, May 12 — Covid-19 cases in Selangor is expected to drop in June following the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) 3.0, says state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. She said it could be achieved if all parties are not...

By Zareef Muzammil AMPANG, May 11 — A total of 293 positive Covid-19 cases were detected from 6,429 samples taken at six community screenings locations. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said most of the cases detected using the Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag)...

By Khairul Azran Hussin HULU LANGAT, May 11 —The Selangor community screening programme revealed that the Covid-19 infection rate among the state’s population is at below five per cent in accordance with the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, state executive councillor for public...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, May 10 — The recent upsurge in Covid-19 infections in the country, which began to spike with more than 2,000 daily cases in mid-April, have raised public concern as to whether the current overwhelming situation unfolding in India would take place here in...

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, May 7 — The re-enforcement of movement control order (MCO) in several districts of Selangor aims to break the Covid-19 chain of infection, says state executive councillor for health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. Therefore, she urged all parties to abide by the ruling...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, May 3 — The shortage in the country's supply of Covid-19 vaccines has caused the delay in the Selangor government’s plans to purchase the vaccine for its people, says state executive councillor for public health. Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the state government had...

By Alang Bendahara SHAH ALAM, April 30 — Names of schools that are ordered to be closed due to positive Covid-19 cases should be disclosed so that the people can take self precautionary measures, says Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. The state executive councillor for public health said she has always...

By Alang Bendahara SHAH ALAM, April 30 — The low turnout for the free Covid-19 community screening organised by the Selangor government is attributed to the people’s fear of getting a positive result and a complacent attitude. State executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud...

SHAH ALAM, April 24 — The public is invited to enliven the virtual Ekspo Hasil Suri Selangor (Selangor Housewives’ Crafts and Products Expo, or HaSSel) that starts from today to Tuesday.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, April 17 — Only 150 visitors to the Ramadan bazaar are allowed to be in the area at any one time, says state executive councillor on public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud She said the move was to enable social distancing following allegations that bazaars failed to...

By Khairul Azran Hussin PUCHONG, April 5 — The people in Selangor residing in high-risk and densely populated areas have been urged to take part in the free Covid-19 community screenings offered by the state government. State executive for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud said the number...