Further ease on restrictions to be known by first week of June
PUTRAJAYA: Social and education sector restrictions imposed under the movement control order (MCO) are expected to be eased further, if daily Covid-19 cases in the country could be sustained at lower double digits or even single digits. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the decision on the matter would be made in the first week of […]
Six new haemodialysis machines approved
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has approved an allocation to purchase six new haemodialysis machines for the Ministry of Health (MOH) to cater for kidney patients in the state. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the distribution of the machines would be managed by Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) […]
Temperatures go haywire due to faulty thermometer
KUALA LUMPUR: What with the new norm having become a part of life since the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) and now the conditional MCO since March, one cannot step into most premises without having one’s body temperature recorded. But the question is, is the thermometer indicating the correct temperature? Not all the […]
Malaysia still uses ‘Hydroxychloroquine’ cautiously to treat Covid-19 patients
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) is constantly monitoring Covid-19 patients receiving treatment using anti-malaria drug, Hydroxychloroquine to detect for any possible side effects. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia is still cautiously administering the drug to treat patients. He admitted the drug to treat malaria is known to cause several side […]
Childcare centres for children of frontliners on par with those overseas
KUALA LUMPUR: The provision of childcare centres for children of frontline staff currently being studied by the Health Ministry (MOH) is in line with standard operating procedures (SOPs) implemented overseas. Special adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Health Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood said the SOP was reviewed through best practices implemented by the Centre for Disease Control, […]
Covid-19 screening for all these students
KUCHING: All public higher learning institution (IPTA) and private higher learning institution (IPTS) students who returned to their hometowns in the state recently must undergo Covid-19 screening in their respective divisions. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said the respective divisional SDMC would contact the students who had not been screened yet. “SDMC […]
Ministry to discuss establishing special care centres for children of frontliners
TAIPING: The Health Ministry will hold discussions to establish a special care centres for children of frontline personnel involved in managing the Covid-19 outbreak. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said he was aware of complaints from frontline staff who could not send their children to childcare centres (nursery) because some parents were worried that their children would be exposed to […]
SOP for nurseries based on MOH’s advice
KUALA LUMPUR: The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for childcare centres during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period is subject to the directives of the National Security Council (NSC) and advice of the Health Ministry (MOH), the Women, Family and Community Development Minister said today. Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah would elaborate on the implementation of […]
PUIs cut off QR wristbands to go out
SIBU: Netizens are furious over a viral Facebook posting of a construction worker who revealed that he had cut off his QR-coded wristband issued by authorities for a 14-day day Stay Home Notice. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that the case would be handled by the Ministry of Health (MOH). He […]
New cluster in Sepang Immigration Detention Depot
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected a new Covid-19 cluster, with six cases, at the Immigration Detention Depot (DTI) in Sepang, Selangor, making it the third cluster involving a DTI. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed this in his statement today. Yesterday, he had said that the MOH detected a new cluster […]
