SHAH ALAM, Aug 9 — The Covid-19 wave in Malaysia due to the transmission of the Omicron BA.5 sub-variant is small and under control, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

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, Aug 2 — The Dewan Rakyat today passed a motion to refer the Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Bill which targets the Generation End Game (GEG) for smoking by 2040 to a parliamentary select committee.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to amend the quantum of fines from RM5,000 to RM500 or community service orders for the offences committed by the Generational End Game (GEG) group born after January 1, 2007, under the Tobacco and Smoking Products Control Bill 2022.

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — A total of two million lives can be saved and smoking-related diseases can be prevented in the period up till 2040 if the proposed Control of Tobacco Product and Smoking Act 2022 comes into force.

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — The Tobacco and Smoking Products Control Bill 2022 which aims to create a Generational End-Game (GEG), referring to individuals born on January 1, 2007, onwards and are non-smokers, will not affect the country’s economy, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 — Effective Monday (August 1), all travellers entering Malaysia no longer need to fill in and complete the traveller's card feature in the MySejahtera application, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — The Ministry of Health will distribute three more types of medicines in its buffer stock to the private medical facilities to overcome the shortage of certain medicines in the market.

PUTRAJAYA, July 25 — A total of nine cases of suspected monkeypox had been notified to the Health Ministry as of July 23, and all of them had been confirmed negative, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — The opening of the first central oncology laboratory for clinical trials in Malaysia, Hematogenix is expected to move local pharmaceutical and healthcare industries further up the value chain into research and development (R&D) and related services.

CYBERJAYA, July 22 — MPs should not use the issue of illicit markets for cigarettes and vaping as an excuse to not support the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill when it is tabled at the Dewan Rakyat next week, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Julai — Malaysia E-Vaporizers and Tobacco Alternative Association (Mevta) has stated its support to the Generational End-Game (GEG) suggestion in the Tobacco Product and Smoking Control Bill 2022 that is scheduled to be tabled at the upcoming parliamentary sitting.

CYBERJAYA, July 22 — The buffer stock of government medicines that is managed by Pharmaniaga Bhd has been distributed to private clinics since yesterday following the shortage of certain medicines in the market, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

CYBERJAYA, July 22 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has proposed that the Supplementary Food Programme (RMT) rate for primary pupils be increased to RM4 in Peninsular Malaysia and RM5 in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.

PETALING JAYA, July 22 — Malaysia is now one of the pioneers in the management of menopause guidelines in Southeast Asia with the launch of Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) of Management of Menopause in Malaysia today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The main committee for the development of the cannabis and ketum industry has been set up to look at the latest evidence on the use of the substances, especially for medical purposes, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A total of 30,311 notices for offences related to smoking in public places were issued from January to June this year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Healthy individuals aged 50 to 59 are now given the option to take a second booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

IPOH, July 16 — The government has launched a five-month campaign aimed at screening 1.5 million people because the level of health awareness in the country is still low, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KAMPAR, July 16 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is conducting a survey on the health of the Orang Asli, involving 21,000 respondents from July 13 to September 13.