PUTRAJAYA: The public should only trust the Covid-19 vaccines that are distributed by the Health Ministry and not those from outside sources, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).
Friday, 05 Mar 2021 10:00 AM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Health minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said his ministry will make the recommendation to the government, but added that it will not be a blanket reopening of state borders compared to last year, to prevent triggering another spike in infection cases. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 The current interstate travel ban may be lifted as early as March 18 if Malaysia’s Covid-19 infection numbers dwindle to manageable levels, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said.
Covid-19 weekly round-up: Active cases decline, recovery rate exceeds 90 percent
This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Feb 27 up to noon today. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 300,000 and globally, the virus has infected more than 116 million people and caused over 2.5 million deaths. More than 216 countries and territories are affected by the pandemic. 05 Mar 2021 / 12:55 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Covid-19 transmissions have been under control over the week (Feb 27-March 4), with daily new cases falling below 2,500 and the recovery rate reaching 92 percent.
Over the 24-hour period up to noon yesterday, 2,063 new infections were recorded nationwide while 2,922 patients recovered. Earlier this week for three days in a row from March 1 to 3, daily new cases had dipped to below 2,000, that is, 1,828 (March 1), 1,555 (March 2) and 1,745 (March 3).
05 Mar 2021 / 07:08 H.
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) has identified seven hospitals to conduct field assessments on the deep throat saliva sampling method for the COVID-19 screening tests.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) said currently, the MOH was still using the nasopharyngeal (nose) and oropharyngeal (throat) swab methods to detect COVID-19 cases.
“We are now at the evaluation stage and we hope to get the complete report before recommending the deep throat saliva sampling method for the Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag) tests.
“Hopefully, this method will provide accuracy and precision in detecting COVID-19 positive cases,” he said in a media conference on COVID-19 development here, today.
PUTRAJAYA (March 4): The Health Ministry (MOH) has identified seven hospitals to conduct field assessments on the deep throat saliva sampling method for the Covid-19 screening tests.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said currently, the MOH was still using the nasopharyngeal (nose) and oropharyngeal (throat) swab methods to detect Covid-19 cases.
“We are now at the evaluation stage and we hope to get the complete report before recommending the deep throat saliva sampling method for the Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag) tests.
“Hopefully, this method will provide accuracy and precision in detecting Covid-19 positive cases,” he said in a media conference on Covid-19 development here, today.