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New norms to maintain flattened Covid-19 curve

KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s Health Ministry (MOH) and Ministry of Home Affairs have done well so far in terms of balancing the economic survival and public health, said Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Alliance for Safe Community chairman said the success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 pandemic in the country to a great […]

Muhyiddin’s MCO decision now seeing results

PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s unpopular but bold decision to take the bull by the horns in handling the Covid-19 pandemic has saved the day for Malaysia. Assuming the post of Prime Minister at a most difficult time, he did not hesitate to impose the movement control order (MCO) to keep people indoors and reduce transmission of […]

Provide comprehensive guidelines

KUCHING: The government and Ministry of Health (MOH) have been urged to provide comprehensive guidelines for the recovery movement control order (RMCO). Sarawak Federation of Chinese Association president Datuk Richard Wee said there must be a clear guideline so that the public would not be confused with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) enforced during the […]

SOP on capacity expansion for prayers in mosques, surau tabled to cabinet

KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Senator Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri tabled the standard operating procedure (SOP) on capacity expansion for Friday prayers and congregational prayers in mosques and surau at the Cabinet meeting on Saturday. He said the meeting was chaired by Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. “Many […]

Ministry mulls making Covid-19 vaccination compulsory

PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) is considering to make Covid-19 vaccination a compulsory once it is found, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham.  However, he said the ministry would first have to conduct a study on the side effects and effectiveness of the vaccine before making any decision on the matter. “There is a study on it […]

Guidelines for reopening schools to be distributed tomorrow

KAJANG: The school reopening management guidelines will be distributed tomorrow (June 4) to allow schools and teachers to make appropriate preparations, said Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin. He said detailed guidelines for the movement of students in the school compound, from the time they arrived until they left for home, were formulated in […]

Covid-19: 408 new cases in S’pore, tally surpasses 35,000

SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed 408 new cases of Covid-19 as of noon today, bringing the tally to 35,292. The republic’s Ministry of Health (MoH) said all the new cases involved migrant workers residing in dormitories and there were no cases in the community. The ministry, in a statement here, said it is still working […]

46,713 dengue cases in five months

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 46,713 dengue cases were reported from Dec 29 last year to May 30 this year, a drop of 6,228 cases or 11.8 per cent from the 52,941 cases in the same period last year, according to the Health Ministry (MoH) today. The figures were released by the MOH’s National Crisis Preparedness and […]

Covid-19 screening and ‘drive-thru’ centres closed

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Covid-19 screening and ‘drive-thru’ centre at Kota Samarahan Civic Centre was closed temporarily to allow cleaning and sanitisation work to be carried out today. The process was done in collaboration with the Health Ministry (MOH), State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) and the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) from the 1st ‘Battalion Ubat’ […]

No need to wear face mask while jogging, driving alone

PUTRAJAYA: There is no need to wear face mask when carrying out activities alone such as jogging or driving. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the people are only required to wear face mask when they have symptoms or in a public environment with other people. “The need of face mask is to break […]