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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health ministry updating Covid-19 SOPs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Current Covid-19 SOPs to remain, says health DG ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says key indicators will be studied before a decision is made to tighten them, if necessary. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health ministry, EC still discussing SOPs for polls ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says further developments will be announced soon. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health ministry recommends SOPs for 'Covid-safe' GE ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says several restrictions imposed during previous state elections can be relaxed. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia takes steps to prepare for monkeypox outbreak ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2022 11:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says health officers have been instructed to look out for symptoms of monkeypox in arriving passengers, while authorities are ramping up diagnostic and testing capabilities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ MySejahtera check-ins still a must at pubs, night clubs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 09:29:24 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Customers must also test negative on an RTK-Antigent test within 24 hours of entering the premises. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Recovery for tourist favourite Thailand lags on Covid rule changes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:04:32 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Tourism professionals say Thailand's complicated entry rules are now holding back recovery in an industry that contributed 12% of GDP before the pandemic. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Face masks to be made optional outdoors, MySejahtera check-ins scrapped ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:21:39 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Physical distancing requirements will also be scrapped once the latest easing of SOPs takes effect on May 1. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Health ministry to announce SOP relaxations ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The announcement will be made on April 27, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US judge strikes down mask mandate for public transport ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Although the public has a 'strong interest' in combating the spread of Covid, the mask mandate 'exceeds the CDC's statutory authority', the judge says. ]]></description>
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