COVID-19: 502 Johor cops, family members test positive since March 2020

JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 12 — A total of 502 police personnel and their family members in Johor tested positive for COVID-19 with four deaths recorded from March last year until yesterday (Aug 11).Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said of the …

COVID: Daily new cases surpass 21,000 mark – Health DG

A total of 1,229 cases was recorded in Penang, Sarawak (1,216), Kelantan (972), Perak (930), Negeri Sembilan (899), Pahang (629), Terengganu (594), Melaka (494), Putrajaya (56), Perlis (23) and Labuan (11). Yesterday, Malaysia recorded 20,780 new cases…

MOH detects vaccination certificates being sold online – Dr Noor Azmi

The Health Ministry (MOH) has detected the sale of vaccination certificates, in the form of physical cards on an online platform, in the northern part of the country.Its deputy minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said MOH Inspectorate and Legal Unit wo…

COVID: New cases rise to 20,780 Wednesday – Health DG

New COVID-19 cases in Malaysia increased to 20,780 today from 19,991 yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.Dr Noor Hisham, in a Twitter post, said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases in the country to …

Kedah Health Dept apologises over vaccine second dose blunder

The Kedah State Health Department (JKN) has apologised to a COVID-19 vaccine recipient and her family after she was mistakenly given the wrong type of vaccine for her second dose at a vaccination centre (PPV) in Sik on Aug 5. Kedah Health director Dr O…

SilverVax receiving 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses for private companies

– The Perak vaccination programme, SilverVax, is expected to provide about 200,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to private and government linked company (GLC) staff and their family members.The chief executive officer of Perak State Development Corpor…

COVID: 36 new clusters recorded, 19 linked to workplace

A total of 36 new COVID-19 clusters were recorded today with 19 of them linked to workplaces, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.He said 13 clusters were community clusters, two detention centre clusters and one cluster each l…