By Afix Redzuan SHAH ALAM, June 3 — The Kuala Langat Health District Office will carry out Covid-19 community screening beginning today. The mass testing, which will be carried for two days, involves residents from Pangsapuri Langat Utama, Taman Langat Murni and Pangsapuri Langat Murni, both...

PUTRAJAYA, June 2 — Covid-19 screening at prisons or detention depots will be conducted only in facilities where positive cases of the coronavirus have been detected, said Senior Minister (security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

PUTRAJAYA, May 22 — All detainees and staff at the immigration depots in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur and Semenyih, Selangor will undergo Covid-19 screening, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

By Afix Redzuan SHAH ALAM, May 21 — A total of 216 traders and workers in the Kajang market were screened for Covid-19 as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, says the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj). Its public relation officer Kamarul Izlan Sulaiman said the...

SEPANG, May 20 — The police are looking for four Indonesian workers who ran away from a kongsi house in Sepang after undergoing Covid-19 tests.

PUTRAJAYA, May 15 — The Health Ministry (MOH) strategy on Covid-19 screening is through the use of its resources for high impact and high outcome with reasonable cost instead of screening every individual, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

By Nadiah Zamlus SHAH ALAM, May 14 — The Covid-19 screening operation at the Jalan Othman wet market and its surrounding residential and commercial areas in Petaling Jaya is almost complete. The targetted testing had begun on May 10 when the PJ Old Town area was enforced under the enhanced...

By Zareef Muzammil SHAH ALAM, May 12 — The Covid-19 infection in Selangor can be contained if more people are screened for the virus, especially those who are in areas that are under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the number of...

PETALING JAYA, May 10 — Residents around the Jalan Othman Market here, which has been placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), began undergoing Covid-19 screening at about 4pm today.

By Khairul Azran Hussin SHAH ALAM, May 8 — No Covid-19 cases were detected from the Selangor targetted Covid-19 community screening held in Salak Tinggi on April 21, which involved 397 individuals. Selangor Task Force for Covid-19 (STFC) said the screening was conducted in accordance with the...

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, May 8 — The Selangor targetted Covid-19 community screening will resume its operations, focusing on testing residents at senior folks’ care centres as well orphanages at the coronavirus hotspots across the state, says Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. The Menteri...

SHAH ALAM, May 6 — The final round of Covid-19 sampling and screening for the traders and workers of the Jalan Othman wet market will be held tomorrow from 9am to 12pm.

PUTRAJAYA, May 6 — A total of 2,500 senior citizens and 958 staff at 17 institutions under the Social Welfare Department (JKM) will undergo Covid-19 screening.

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, April 28 — The Selangor targeted community testing for Covid-19 operation had identified 10 confirmed cases out of the total 5,433 individuals screened, says Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. The Selangor Menteri Besar said out of the total confirmed cases, eight...

SINGAPORE, April 28 — Singapore is building up its capacity to conduct tests for Covid-19 and is able to do more than 8,000 tests per day now from an average 2,900 tests per day in early April.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Locals and foreigners living as well as working around Jalan Besar Selayang Baru, Jalan 1 and Jalan Indah 21 here began undergoing Covid-19 screening in stages starting yesterday.

By Wan Faizal Ismayatim SHAH ALAM, April 22 — The state government's data analysis method in mapping out the targetted groups for the Covid-19 screening has shown to be effective, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. The Selangor Task Force for Covid-19 (STFC) head said aside from the efforts...

By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim SHAH ALAM, April 21 — About 34 per cent of the accumulated Covid-19 confirmed cases in Selangor were asymptomatic carries, says the Menteri Besar. Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari this has led the state administration to execute the large-scale Covid-19 screening across the...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — Some 16,000 residents in northern Kuala Lumpur (Pusat Bandar Utara) and around the Selayang wholesale market area now placed under the enhanced movement control order (ECMO) will undergo Covid-19 screening test today.

By Ashwin Kumar SHAH ALAM, April 20 — A total of 1,835 individuals had participated in the Selangor Covid-19 community screening operation, says Selangor Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari. The second phase of the free testing, which was held over the weekend, had involved residents in...