KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — Individuals diagnosed with pertussis.

JOHOR BAHRU, April 10 — The Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Muar has been ordered to close for seven days since yesterday after 30 of its students tested positive for Covid-19.

BAGAN SERAI, April 4 — Parents are advised not to bring their children to Ramadan bazaars to protect them from Covid-19 infection.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — Repeated surveys of passengers during the pandemic has shown that testing and especially quarantine are major barriers to travel, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

SERDANG, March 3 — The Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) was reopened last Friday on a small scale with a capacity of 850 beds to accommodate Categories 1, 2A and 2B Covid-19 patients.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 — There is no quarantine requirement for fully-vaccinated Malaysian travelers entering India effective Monday (February 14), said the Indian High Commission in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — Fully-vaccinated individuals who test positive for all variants of Covid-19 and are asymptomatic must undergo isolation for seven days, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — QuickMed has announced more locations where the public can have their digital tracking devices removed upon completion of their home quarantine order.

GENEVA, Jan 5 — Although most people recover from Covid-19 within five to seven days of the onset of symptoms, the World Health Organisation (WHO) still recommends a 14-day quarantine, Xinhua quoted an official from the organisation telling a press briefing on Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA, December 25 — Individuals undergoing the seven-day mandatory quarantine after returning from umrah pilgrimage, will be made to wear a digital detection device starting next week, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 — Fully vaccinated travellers from Singapore will be able to travel to Malaysia under the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) by air from November 29 without having to undergo quarantine upon arrival.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is ready to discuss with the United Kingdom (UK) on opening up the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) for its fully vaccinated citizens to enter Malaysia without having to undergo quarantine.

KUCHING, Oct 17 — Individuals from the peninsula, Sabah and Labuan who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will no longer need to apply via EnterSarawak to travel to the state effective October 18, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Fully-vaccinated travellers and close contacts who are undergoing compulsory quarantine for the fifth day and above can go for the RT-PCR test from today.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 10 — The government has agreed to allow Malaysians who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 to travel abroad without MyTravelPass (MTP) of the Immigration Department effective tomorrow, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

HONG KONG, Aug 17 — Hong Kong's government said it would upgrade 15 overseas places including the United States, Spain and France to "high risk" from "medium risk" by August 20, meaning international arrivals from those countries will face lengthened quarantine due to a resurgence of the coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has detected six more Covid-19 positive cases involving variants of concern (VOC) in the country between June 20 and 22.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has tested positive for Covid-19.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — The mandatory quarantine period for Malaysian and non-citizen travellers from countries except Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, has been extended from 10 to 14 days, effective immediately.

PUTRAJAYA, April 26 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will propose to the government to halt all flights from India to prevent the spread of India’s double-mutant Covid-19 variant in Malaysia.