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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Private health facilities are ready to accommodate Covid-19 patients, as previously stated by the government, Private Healthcare Productivity Nexus (PHPN) President Datuk, Dr. Jacob Thomas, said. Dr. Jacob said that private hospitals had provided 71 ventilator units to government hospitals nationwide, when cases in the Intensive Care …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: After three days in a row of registering more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases, the country’s daily count saw a drop after 4,214 new cases were reported overnight. Tan Sri Health Director General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, the numbers were also lower than the 4,280 reported recovery …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to receive the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines on February 26, a senior health official said on Monday (February 1). In November, Malaysia announced that it had agreed to buy 12.8 million doses of the vaccine, jointly developed by US pharmaceutical company Pfizer …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: The Australian city of Perth (pix) began a five-day snap shutdown after a security guard at a quarantined hotel tested positive for Covid-19, authorities announced yesterday. About two million city residents must stay home as of Sunday night, as do those living in nearby Peel and Southwest regions. …

[ad_1] YOUR OPINION | “May the ministers of Pakatan Harapan return to their respective posts.” Azmin wants alternatives to the total economic closure to be considered New Year: People will never forget the Sabah fiasco. From that day on, the number of new Covid-19 cases continues to rise. Furthermore, it …

[ad_1] MELAKA (Bernama): A calm atmosphere prevails at the Melaka Zoo due to the implementation of the motion control order. The head of its zoology unit, Azman Ghazali, said that when visitors were allowed in, the animals were often seen to be passive and even scared. Changes in the animals’ …

[ad_1] The rapid increase in the number of cases stemmed from large-scale examinations, according to Noor Hisham Abdullah. (Photo by Bernama) PETALING JAYA: The Director General of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, has confirmed that the increase in Covid-19 cases in the last three days has been caused by a …

[ad_1] COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health has reported 5,298 new cases of Covid-19 at noon today and 14 deaths. This is the third day in a row that cases have passed the 5,000 mark. Meanwhile, there were 4,522 patients discharged, a new record. There were also a record number …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): “MCO, but not like MCO” – That is the perception of the general public about the movement control order, which is being implemented throughout the country, except in Sarawak. The problem arose with the implementation of MCO 2.0, which is said to be less successful in …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Stigma and discrimination against leprosy are among the problems that lepers still face that eventually contribute to the spread of the disease in the community, said Tan Sri Health Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah. (pix) He said that this negative view caused patients and their close contacts …