Covid-19 jabs have ID chips? Not true!
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH) has denied the claim that the Covid-19 vaccine contained an ID chip, which went viral on social media on Jan 24. The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) Quick Response Team in a statement today said the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) under the MoH had also refuted […]
Dr Zaliha, Malaysia’s first minister to chair WHO executive board meeting
KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Zaliha Mustafa became the first Malaysian Minister of Health to be honoured to chair the 152nd Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) executive board meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from Jan 30 to Feb 7. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the honour was the first in the country’s […]
Anjung Kasih YKN has benefited 781 people
BY CHRISTOPHER DING MIRI: A total of 781 families of patients have benefited from Anjung Kasih Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (YKN), which has been running at Miri Hospital since September 2, 2013. The federal Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, noted that nearly 43 per cent of relatives or carers of […]
MOH concerned over widespread sale of ‘Tiger Pod’
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MoH) continues to work with the Education Ministry, the Ministry of Higher Education, public and private universities and non-governmental organisations in advocacy and prevention activities to ensure that issues related to the dangers of smoking are widely disseminated. Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa, in a statement on Tuesday said […]
Premier renews call for cancer centre
KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has reiterated his call for the Federal government to establish a cancer centre here in Sarawak. He said that though the project will be costly, the Sarawak government was willing to give an advance to the federal government to build the centre. “I would like […]
Restaurant ordered to close for 14 days
KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MOH) ordered a restaurant in Metrocity to be closed down effective yesterday after it was found to be unclean. Based on the notice issued by the Kuching Divisional Health Office, the restaurant will be closed for 14 days from Jan 16 to 30. The closure was executed under Section 11 […]
MoH to improve methods of containing Covid-19, says minister
KUCHING: The Ministry of Health (MoH) pays serious attention to the public’s concern regarding the increase in Covid-19 cases in China as well as restrictions made by several other countries against travellers from China. Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said MoH would improve methods of containing the spread of Covid-19 infections in the country as well […]
Dr Yii calls for healthcare rethink following deaths
KUCHING: No baby in a country with supposed universal healthcare coverage should die in its mother’s arms on the way to hospital, said Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. “We may need to rethink our methods on healthcare especially in rural areas as we want to ensure all Malaysians will get access to quality universal […]
50,000 Sarawakians complete second dose of booster shot
SERIAN: Some 50,000 people accounting for five per cent of Sarawakians are reported to have completed the second dose of the COVID-19 booster shot. According to Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Hui Kian, the outbreak has become more widespread over the previous four weeks as a result of a considerable rise in the number […]
Malaysia facing small COVID-19 wave due to XBB variant (Nation)
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is currently experiencing a small wave of COVID-19 cases following the discovery of the Omicron XBB sub-variant in the country, said caretaker Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said that based on daily data, the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased by 16.5 per cent, from 14,525 cases in Epidemiological Week (EW) 42 […]
