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KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): With daily Covid-19 cases persistently coming in above 2,000 since April 15, the Health and Sciences Covid-19 Advisory Group of Experts today called on the government to centre its mitigation efforts on targeted Movement Control Orders (MCOs), and to speed up the country's vaccine roll-out.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Forty healthcare workers have been infected with the Covid-19 disease even though they have completed their vaccination, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) revealed in a Facebook posting today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia jumped to 1,767 — the second highest in two months — as of noon today compared with 1,317 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 1,317 today — from 1,739 reported yesterday — as the country's daily coronavirus cases remained above the 1,000 mark for the second straight week after a brief dip to 941 cases on March 29.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases rose to 1,739 today, from 1,510 yesterday, bringing total infections to date to 360,856.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 10): Malaysia has reported 1,510 new Covid-19 cases today — down from 1,854 yesterday — bringing the cumulative number of confirmed infections in the country to 359,117, said health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Malaysia recorded 1,349 new Covid-19 cases today, pushing the tally due to the pandemic to 350,959.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Malaysia today reported 1,133 new Covid-19 cases as of noon, up from 941 yesterday — bringing the total confirmed cases to 344,018, said the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): Malaysia's new Covid-19 infections dropped to 941 today, bringing cumulative confirmed infections to 342,885, the Health Ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 28): Malaysia reported today that the number of newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals rose to 1,302, which brought the country's cumulative figure of pandemic cases to 341,944 so far, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.