KOTA BARU, May 31 — The Kelantan government targets to vaccinate 200,000 residents against Covid-19 in June, says its Housing, Local Government and Health Committee chairman, Dr Izani Husin. He said this could be achieved as the state would be...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The National Pharmaceutical Regulation Agency (NPRA) is assessing the suitability of using the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in Malaysia. Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin was respond...

IPOH, May 31 — Three men arrested for alleged involvement in the brutal murder of a man in Sungai Desa Aman Kinta, here, on May 26, have been remanded for seven days beginning today. The remand order against the suspects, aged between 21 and 34,...

JOHOR BARU, May 31 — KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital became the first private hospital to start administering the Covid-19 vaccine on residents here. It is among four private hospitals in Johor Baru serving as vaccine administering centres. The...

KOTA BARU, May 31 — The number of Covid-19 cases in Kelantan is expected to reach 1,000 per day starting next month following a very high rate of infection within the community. State Local Government, Housing and Health Committee chairman Dr...

MIRI, May 31 — Miri Central Market will be closed until further notice after five Covid-19 cases, including a death were reported recently, said mayor Adam Yii. Yii, in a press statement, said all of the positive cases were related to the market......

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) will implement various measures to ensure that all networks and chains in the agriculture and food industry sector are not disrupted&a...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today said that not all general practitioner (GP) clinics want to take part in the country’s vaccination drive as only 2,467 of them...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — MySejahtera users have been advised to update their residential address on the application to address the issue of being sent to vaccination centres (PPV) in other states or distant locations, said National Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Apart from ramping up vaccination, Malaysia needs to increase its mass testing capacity radically to check the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, said Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. He said the government.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — A total of 6,824 new Covid-19 cases have been recorded today, marking a second consecutive day of falling new infections. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a tweet, said that Selangor still...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — A pilot programme to introduce “mobile trucks” to inoculate people in areas with a high number of Covid-19 cases will be launched soon, according to National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NCIP) Coordinating Minister,.....

SIBU, May 31 — All police here and other outlying districts are on the alert and hunting for prison escapee Lee Ya Kieng, said Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit. He said the police would make use of the three roadblocks set up in...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (CITF) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has promised to enhance the standard operating procedures (SOP) at mega vaccination centres (PPV) after concerns were raised. He said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said parents who continue to put their children at risk of exposure to Covid-19 could face more severe action from the authorities than fines. He said under gazetted law, the police...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (CITF) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said attendance at Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) by appointees remains at around 80 per cent. He said registration by the rakyat to....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corp on Monday said it adhered to labour laws on treatment of migrant workers, after a report that the United States was investigating a unit over forced labour allegations. On Saturday, the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is the accused who is facing criminal charges in the trial involving over more than RM2 billion belonging to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), lead prosecutor Datuk Seri Gopal.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — A total of 1,052,145 individuals had completed taking two doses of vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme up to yesterday, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Dr Adham, in his tweet, said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Malaysia’s government said today that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed to a request from Kuala Lumpur to establish a panel examining a European Union law that restricts the use of palm oil-based biofuels. Under...

SEBERANG PERAI, May 31 — The Bukit Mertajam market will be closed from today until June 8 to allow for sanitisation and contract tracing after three traders in the market contracted Covid-19. Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) Mayor Datuk Rozali...

KUCHING, May 31 — Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah, in his Gawai Dayak message today, stressed that stringent standard operating procedures (SOPS) are necessary to combat the increasing number of Covid-19 cases and the emergence of...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The family of a passenger who was critically injured in last week’s light rail transit (LRT) crash has sent a legal notice of demand to its operator, Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, with a RM1.8 million claim for damages and...

PUTRAJAYA, May 31 — The Transport Ministry (MOT) will issue new approval letters to allow companies registered under the SMILE system to operate during the first phase of the total lockdown as the previous approval letters are null and void. MOT,.....

KUCHING, May 31 — Many of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in Sarawak during this movement control order (MCO) are far more stringent than those under the federal government’s total lockdown, said Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — The Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (Mitec) will commence as a mega vaccination centre (PPV) on June 7. This means that Mitec will be able to deploy vaccinations for up to 8,000 people.  Acco...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today said that the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOP) should be decentralised as this would help to contain the third wave of Covid-19 infections. The Bagan MP added...

SIBU, May 31 — The failed grille lock of a prison cell in Sibu Prison led to the escape of an inmate yesterday, said Sibu Police Chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit. Stanley said the inmate, identified as Lee Ka Yieng, 49, had climbed over the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun has said that he is ever-ready for Parliament to reconvene, even amid the Emergency and Covid-19 pandemic, as all the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in place. According....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 — Brought-in-dead (BID) cases due to Covid-19 complications are rising at an exponential rate, and comprised 106 out of 386 such cases this month alone, said Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. According to Malay daily Utusan Malaysia,.....