News & Reviews:   health ministry

It took the Malaysian government two months to make this announcement, but today, the New Straits Times reported that the Ministry of Health has decided to impose a full ban on the use and sale of electronic cigarettes and vape products. In a decisive public health push, the move signals a growing urgency to curb vaping-related risks, especially among youth and first-time users.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni has revealed that the Ministry of Health (MOH), through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is conducting a comprehensive study on AI technology in health screening. Speaking in Parliament today, Lukanisman asserted that pilot research is currently underway at the Cyberjaya, Kajang and Putrajaya hospitals. 

Just yesterday, the MySejahtera app had a new update that allows people to trace a person nearby who is covid-infected. To make sure that everyone is safe, our Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin would like to advise everyone to turn on the Bluetooth at all times.

Other than dealing with the Covid-19 spread in our country, it looks like our Ministry of Health doesn't forget about other health conditions as well, for example, hearing impairment. Today, the Twitter account of the ministry has posted a poster to warn the public about ways to deal with permanent damage that could be caused by earphones.

Donations continue to pour in from around the country to aid those at the frontlines and hot spots of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Among them is e-wallet company Boost, which has been using its apps to help gather donations from Malaysians. Since it started its Tabung COVID-19 fund on 21 March 2020, the company has been funnelling sending all donations to the Ministry of Health (MOH).

MyEG has officially announced that they’ve thanked the Ministry of Health for removing a post on their Facebook page which claimed that that the COVID-19 rapid test kits were fake. Furthermore, MyEG has followed up by stating that the kits, which were manufactured by a Chinese biomedical firm have been cleared for use in various regions including North America, Asia, Europe, and more.

Due to the uprising of COVID-19 reports over Malaysia, the Ministry of Health Malaysia have decided to launch a new website in order to help Malaysians to check their health conditions online. In a collaboration with doctoroncall.com.my, visitors will be able to access advice with a number of questions before coming to a decision by the system if you're infected or not.

The coronavirus has sure made a lot of people worried about their safety. When we start to hear news about people fainting and being quarantined, news tends to spread virally and thanks to the Internet, it's hard to pinpoint which one is real or fake news. It even got us wearing face masks in airports where there is no official suspected case yet.

That said, your friends and family (especially relatives) would often forward chain messages about the latest coronavirus cases in Malaysia. If you're annoyed about that (which we are too), we managed to get a heads-up about which one is #fakenews thanks to official Ministry of Health, Malaysia on its Twitter post.