
COMMENT | How much testing is enough? It’s complicated
WHO has revised its guidelines on several occasions, becoming more nuanced over time.

WHO has revised its guidelines on several occasions, becoming more nuanced over time.

The man, 31, was brought in dead to Hospital Alor Gajah, Malacca, the Health Ministry said.

Overall, 85 volunteers who received the vaccine developed very mild Covid-19 that did not require medical assistance.

UPDATED 11.03AM | Health DG says guideline will be shared with GPs soon.

COVID-19 | More than 6,000 a day in Selangor alone are not contacted.

NSMC has placed a temporary ban on physical visits until further notice.



Negotiations to rope private healthcare providers into the Covid-19 battle are still going on.


Nine Klang Valley gyms reported cases among members and instructors in past week.

Almost all states in Malaysia reported cases among interstate travellers, only Perlis with no new cases.

Health Ministry's main medical facility for Covid-19 saw a spike in cases among its staff members in recent weeks.

The procedure differs from hospital to hospital, with the ones in Sabah making it mandatory for all.

COVID-19 | The infections are part of the Lestari cluster, linked to a nursing home.

UPDATED 8.45PM | Covid-19 | All close contacts under home quarantine.

This follows cases detected at Top Glove and Hartalega.


Escaping child soldier recruitment, a boy travels by land and water to reach Malaysia.

Left on their own in a strange place, two boys make a 4,800-kilometre journey to M'sia as refugees.

When Zurina heard of a young suicidal refugee who was on his own, she told her husband 'Go get him.'

This will be carried out through the media and health education initiatives such as talks and seminars, the prime minister says.

COVID-19 | No plan to make immunisation compulsory, but the vaccines will be available to Malaysians for free, says PM Muhyiddin Yassin.

It will involve 3,000 participants and will assess the safety and efficacy of the vaccine in development, says PM.