Amid medical inflation and expensive long-term care, informal and gig economy workers in Malaysia must prepare for age-related medical conditions with adequate retirement savings.
One new cluster in Johor involved cases who travelled to Sabah, while a new cluster in Selangor was discovered in a screening of undocumented immigrants in Klang.
MOH needs to do risk assessment and look at the infectivity rate before saying that a particular place has the potential for coronavirus spread, says Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Several lawmakers across the political divide have resumed their daily lives when they tested negative for Covid-19, a few days after returning from Sabah following the Sept 26 state election.
The Association of Private Hospitals says while privatisation can be adopted in other sectors, health care requires years of training for doctors in the public sector.
Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia is discussing with other international pharmaceutical companies to obtain a direct supply of a Covid-19 vaccine without having to join COVAX.