KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — More than seven months after the World Health Organisation declared the end of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of international concern — albeit not as a global threat — Malaysia and the world are grappling with an increasing number of cases, a trend that is unlikely to end as the world heads into end-of-year festivities.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 11 — The number of Covid-19 cases in the country increased to 6,796 in the 48th Epidemiological Week (ME48/2023) from November 26 to December 2, from 3,626 in the previous week.

HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 7 — China is in talks with Pfizer Inc to secure a licence that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the U.S.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will continue to step up its preparedness to face a possible hike in the number of daily Covid-19 cases and deaths following the surge of infections in China.

SUNGAI BULOH, Nov 17 — The wave of Covid-19 infections, including the Omicron XBB variant in this country is under control, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin confirmed that so far no Malaysian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia have been infected with monkeypox.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Covid-19 numbers are on the rise and it is advisable that those who have not taken their booster dose do so immediately, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will start administering treatments with the monoclonal antibody drugs Tixagevimab and Cilgavimab (Evusheld) in the near future to ensure that high-risk groups continue to be protected from Covid-19 infection.

PUTRAJAYA, May 17 — The antiviral drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, which was previously used in health clinics and government hospitals, will be extended to private hospitals and clinics as well as teaching hospitals, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) will supply at least 3,000 Paxlovid courses in preparation to treat pilgrims if they contracted Covid-19 while performing the haj.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — As of May 9, a total of 173 Covid-19 patients who were given the antiviral drug Paxlovid treatment have fully recovered with no side effects, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

CHICAGO, May 6 — Additional reports of patients with long Covid who were helped by Pfizer Inc's oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid offer fresh impetus for conducting clinical trials to test the medicine for the debilitating condition, US researchers said on Thursday.

REUTERS, April 30 — Pfizer Inc on Friday said a large trial found that its Covid-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid was not effective at preventing coronavirus infection in people living with someone infected with the virus.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — The Ministry of Health today received a total of 48,000 pills of Pfizer’s antiviral drug for the treatment of Covid-19, Paxlovid (PF-07321332/Nirmatrelvir 150mg film-coated tablets and Ritonavir 100mg film-coated tablets).

JAKARTA, Jan 20 — Indonesia is targeting to start local production of two Covid-19 antiviral pills, Molnupiravir and Paxlovid, in April or May this year in order to guarantee the availability of the medicines during the pandemic.

ANKARA, Dec 17 — An experimental pill developed by Pfizer to treat Covid-19 can be used in European Union (EU) countries even though its full review is still pending, the bloc’s drug regulator said on Thursday.