
Private practitioners welcome govt roping in GPs to monitor Covid-19
Cabinet agrees to amend Emergency Ordinance to let private GPs issue home quarantine orders, says health minister.

Cabinet agrees to amend Emergency Ordinance to let private GPs issue home quarantine orders, says health minister.




Covid-19 Assessment Centres for low-risk patients will commence this Saturday.

COVID-19 | The Health DG highlights Sarawak as a state of particular concern due to the Covid-19 infectivity there.

UPDATED 11PM | Health ministry plans to increase testing capacity to 150,000 a day.

They urge the government to employ more people and digital solutions to ensure no close contact is left out.



Shahidan Kassim is on the Parliamentary Select Committee for Women, Children and Social Development Issues.



UPDATED 12.20PM | ROS decision prejudices Muda's constitutional right to association, Dr Thanussha.

Alarming conditions at government quarantine centres due to overstressed healthcare system, says Health DG.

Loosening restrictions has worsened the pandemic.

UPDATED 8.40PM | This comes as daily new cases hit yet another record high.

Ensuring foreign workers are immune to Covid-19 is instrumental for herd immunity, says Khairy.

UPDATED 4.30PM | COVID-19 | Cost will cover procurement of 55 freezers, says Khairy Jamaluddin.

COVID-19 | Patients warded at the Health Ministry Training Institute say conditions were questionable.

The Health Ministry's phone lines are often busy and no detailed guidance is given on self-isolation of positive cases.

UPDATED 8PM | The centre reports department to the police after it did not produce a warrant.

UPDATED 8PM | Raid comes amidst ongoing court case between the dept and centre’s founder, Mariani Ramli.

COVID-19 | Why do pharmaceutical companies impose NDAs in the first place? Who stands to benefit from such secrecy?