Saturday, 08 May 2021 08:46 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during his daily press conference on Covid-19 in Putrajaya February 9, 2021. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 Malaysia could avoid facing a “tsunami” of Covid-19 cases by learning from India’s experience by not holding any elections for now including in Sarawak, and by barring interstate and inter-district travel, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.
Dr Noor Hisham was sharing the Health Ministry’s three recommendations to the National Security Council to avert such a “tsunami” of Covid-19 infections.
Thursday, 06 May 2021 03:21 PM MYT
A general view of the Perdana Putra building which houses the Prime Minister’s Office in Putrajaya February 25, 2020. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 The federal government has agreed to implement four enhancements to allocations channelled in various forms of grants and support to the state governments for 2021, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said.
In a statement today, the MoF said these included increasing the allocation of RM50 million to RM400 million under the Grant Based on Level of Economic Development, Infrastructure and Welfare (Tahap) to all state governments.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 The window to join the waiting list for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine was now closed, Khairy Jamaluddin disclosed this evening. Earlier, Putrajaya opened a waiting list for Malaysians who were not able to secure appointments for one of the 268,000 doses of the vaccine.
Sunday, 02 May 2021 04:07 PM MYT
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin delivers a speech at the launch of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Handbook at the Perdana Putra Building in Putrajaya February 16, 2021. Bernama pic
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SINGAPORE, May 2 Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyidin Yassin’s official visit to Singapore which was initially scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to later this year, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein today.
“This is due to the prime minister’s current focus to address the rising Covid-19 numbers recently in Malaysia,” said Hishammuddin, who arrived here yesterday for a two-day official visit to Singapore.
Sunday, 25 Apr 2021 05:18 PM MYT
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during his daily press conference on Covid-19 in Putrajaya February 9, 2021. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 The Health Ministry announced 2,690 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24-hour period.
Its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement that there are 10 more deaths due to coronavirus, taking the cumulative fatalities to 1,436 since the pandemic arrived.
He added that out of the total number of infections today, 10 cases were imported. This also means that there are currently 23,753 active cases in Malaysia.