5 August 2020 Malaysia MOH Reports 21 New Covid-19 Cases, Six Community Transmissions Three of the local transmissions were from Kedah's Sivagangga cluster; two in Sabah; and one in Johor.
5 August 2020 Malaysia Malaysia Studying Covid-19 Vaccine For Animal Testing More than 150 coronavirus vaccines are in development around the world.
5 August 2020 Malaysia Let Contract Doctors Get Local Specialist Training: Bandar Kuching MP Doctors who manage to secure a place in local masters programmes should be given contract extensions or permanent posts, says Dr Kelvin Yii.
5 August 2020 Malaysia MOH Allows Private Clinics, Hospitals To Test Low-Risk People For Covid-19 The antigen rapid tests must be conducted in specific rooms or booths with good ventilation flow.
4 August 2020 Malaysia MOH Has Enough PPE Stock For Three Months The Ministry of Health has spent RM252.7 million from a total allocation of RM299.4 million for protective gear for frontliners.
4 August 2020 Malaysia Malaysia Meets WHO Target Of Doctors, Nurses For Universal Health Coverage: Minister Malaysia’s doctor to population ratio is 1:454 across the public and private sectors.
4 August 2020 Malaysia Malaysia Reports One New Covid-19 Case, None In ICU Today’s new coronavirus case came from screening of a person with severe acute respiratory infection, who was treated in Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Perlis.
4 August 2020 Malaysia How Does Malaysia Classify A Positive Covid-19 Case? Bandar Kuching MP Asks Dr Kelvin Yii also wants MOH to change its graphics on Covid-19 clusters to avoid the perception that an index case infected others in a cluster.
3 August 2020 Malaysia Malaysia Breaches 9,000 Covid-19 Cases With Two New Infections Non-compliance of home surveillance orders led to eight Covid-19 clusters.
3 August 2020 Malaysia NSC Simply States Masks Required ‘Especially In Crowded Public Areas’ The National Security Council’s Aug 3 SOP also says it’s compulsory to wear face masks when one has symptoms.