KUALA LUMPUR, March 22— The authorities arrested 181 people for breaching standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO) yesterday, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.

SHAH ALAM, March 11 — Residents of Bandar Bukit Puchong and nearby areas have been urged to take part in the Covid-19 community screening programme on March 13.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan said that employers have until March 31 to conduct Covid-19 screening on their foreign workers.

PUTRAJAYA, March 5 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has identified seven hospitals to conduct field assessments on the deep throat saliva sampling method for the Covid-19 screening tests.

SHAH ALAM, March 4 — The free targeted screening programme to curb the spread of Covid-19 will continue for Shah Alam residents staying near Subang Perdana this Saturday.

By Sheeda Fathil PETALING JAYA, March 3 — Bandar Utama constituency offers Covid-19 screening using the rapid antigen test kit (RTK-Ag) for as low as RM50 to the first 500 residents. Its assemblyman Jamaliah Jamaluddin said the programme in collaboration with two private clinics will be held...

PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has agreed to allocate RM7 million to assist small and medium construction companies speed up Covid-19 screening for their foreign workers.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 17 — The Covid-19 screening for Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Antigen) and Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests conducted nationwide is still based on the benchmark set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, Feb 16 — The Selangor government will be holding a series of Covid-19 community screening programme in several localities in the state starting with densely populated areas such as Shah Alam and Klang. In a statement today, the press secretary to the Selangor...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, Feb 16 — The Selangor government will be carrying out a free Covid-19 screening operation for the residents in Shah Alam, tomorrow, says Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. Residents from Sections 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 24 in Shah Alam were urged to...

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, Feb 8 — All Selangor state representatives are urged to organise sponsored Covid-19 screening operations in their respective constituencies to curb the spread of the infection within the community. Selangor Backbenchers Club chairman Elizabeth Wong said the...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 7 — The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to control the price of Covid-19 screening test at private clinics so that it is accessible to all.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) aims to increase the capacity of Covid-19 tests in laboratories nationwide to 200,000 tests a day, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The Health Ministry urged the public to go for early screening for cancer, as well as to know the early signs and symptoms of the disease, to avoid detecting it at a late stage and for a better chance of recovery.

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Feb 2 — Late reporting of Covid-19 screening results would hamper the efforts by the authorities in tracking the actual number of coronavirus infections in the country. Therefore, Selgate Corporation (Selgate) chief executive officer Noor Hisham Mohd Ghouth had...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Employers who fail to conduct Covid-19 screening tests on their foreign workers by February 28 are at risk of having their employees’ temporary employment visit passes (PLKS) not renewed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Out of 251,101 foreign workers screened for Covid-19 from December 1 till yesterday, 4,735 tested positive, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — The Covid-19 screening programme will be expanded nationwide effective February 2, the Human Resources Ministry said.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, Jan 30 — The Selangor State Health Department (JKNS) will begin issuing compounds against private health institutions for failure to immediately report positive Covid-19 cases detected, says Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. In a statement...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, Jan 26 — Two more locations have been opened for the Covid-19 rapid testing operation in Petaling Jaya, which offers the screening as low as RM70. Bukit Gasing state representative Rajiv Rishyakaran said the Covid-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag) is used during...