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MOH expects daily Covid-19 cases to stabilise

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) expects the country’s daily Covid-19 cases to stabilise and show a decline in the next one to two weeks’ time, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that the vaccination drive nationwide and public health controls such as the current movement control could flatten […]

Several states have potential to move into Phase Two of NRP

KUALA LUMPUR: Several other states are showing great development to move into Phase Two of the movement control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP), Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. Without naming the states, the prime minister said they have vast potential to achieve the three threshold value indicators needed for the transition soon. “Alhamdulillah, apart […]

Royal navy heli makes emergency landing

LUMUT: A Fennec helicopter belonging to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) made an emergency landing during an operational flight at the RMN Base here at noon today. Western Fleet Command Headquarters, in a statement, said all crew members involved were rescued and were now undergoing further examination at the Armed Forces Hospital at the base. […]

Battle cry against covid-19

PUTRAJAYA: “The war is still on and Health Ministry (MOH) personnel are the last line of defence to break the Covid-19 chain of infection. Let’s battle on and give it our best shot to free the country from this pandemic.” This was the clarion call made by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah […]

Selangau needs a hospital

KUCHING: It is time for Selangau to have a hospital built in the district, said Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang. He said the population in the district is over 3,000 and building a hospital is a positive step towards giving more convenience to the people. He said this in his speech during the Malaysia Prihatin […]

First batch of Labuan hospital frontliners vaccinated

LABUAN: The first batch of 150 frontliners of Labuan Nucleus Hospital received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine today. The vaccination exercise under the National Immunisation Programme was led by the hospital’s director, Dr Adnan Musa Balidran at the hospital compound and witnessed by Labuan Health director, Dr Ismuni Bohari. “It is our objective […]

No urgent need for hospital in Julau

THERE is no urgent need to build a new hospital in Julau, says Assistant Local Government and Housing Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee. This was because the requirement to set up a hospital, according to the Ministry of Health, must be based on a ratio of one hospital for every 38,000 people, he explained. “Based on […]

New hospital in the pipeline for Kapit

KAPIT: A long-term plan to build a new hospital in Kapit is in the pipeline to meet rising demand for health care in the region. Deputy Health Minister II Aaron Ago Dagang said a suitable site had been identified for the construction of the new hospital but there were many things that needed to be […]

Samling donates medical supplies to two hospitals

KUCHING: Samling Group of Companies (Samling) is continuing to play its role in the fight against Covid-19 by donating medical supplies to Marudi Hospital and Miri Hospital. On Monday (April 13), Samling donated six large boxes of surgical masks as well as disinfectants to Marudi Hospital. A second batch of surgical masks will be delivered […]

PPEs for frontliners

BINTULU: A local company recently presented personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the hospital, polyclinics and quarantine centres here as well as Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching for the frontliners involved in fighting the Covid-19 outbreak. Adap 4orty Global Sdn Bhd spokesperson Francis Ngu Hown Hua explained that it was the third time the organisation was […]