PUTRAJAYA, Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — The daily COVID-19 cases are expected to continue increasing before the country’s vaccination rate achieves 80 per cent by the end of the October, said deputy Health director-general (Research and Technical Support) Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim. He said currently, the rising new cases in the…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia recorded 20,889 new COVID-19 infections today, the highest since the pandemic started last year, said Health director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. According to the latest COVID-19 data shared on his Twitter site, he said the new development brings the cumulative infections in the…

MUAR (Johor, Malaysia) Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — The Government will evaluate and refine existing strategies in the fight against COVID-19 to determine it they are still effective in tackling the surge in daily cases, which has now breached the 20,000 mark. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in expressing his concern over…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 23,161,255 vaccine doses have been administered under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PIC) as of Thursday. Health Minister Dr Adham Baba, through an infographic shared on his Twitter, said 15,162,424 does were administered as first dose, and 7,998,831 doses as second…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (NNN-Bernama) — The biggest obstacle to ending this COVID-19 pandemic is vaccine inequity and misinformation, said Malaysia’s Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs Hishammuddin Hussein. “We cannot afford to turn this into a pandemic for the un-vaccinated,” said Hishammuddin during the first meeting of the International Forum…