Malaysia recorded 8904 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and 124 deaths as of 27 July 2020. Globally, everyday there are thousands of new cases of COVID-19 being recorded. Due to the high number of infections globally and nationwide the increase in the amount of clinical waste (CW) generation was expected. Malaysia has reported a 27% (by weight) increase in the generation of CW which was mostly attributed to COVID-19 related waste. This article presents the impacts of COVID-19 in waste generation, policy and regulation of CW management (CWM) in Malaysia and a case study on the CWM at a selected hospital used as a COVID-19 focal point. The current practice of CWM due to COVID-19 related cases follows the existing policy and legislation of CWM detailed in the Schedule Waste Regulation (2005), Environmental Quality Act, 1974, and with the standard operating procedure provided by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia. The case study conducted through survey and questionnaire interviews revealed that the CWM in government hospitals followed existing guidelines for CWM for COVID-19 waste, with some additional precautions and rules by the waste management contractors.

截至2020年7月27日，马来西亚记录了8904例冠状病毒病（COVID-19）病例和124例死亡。在全球范围内，每天都有成千上万的COVID-19新病例被记录。由于全球和全国范围内的大量感染，预计临床废物（CW）产生量将增加。马来西亚报告说，化学废物的产生增加了27％（以重量计），这主要归因于与COVID-19相关的废物。本文介绍了COVID-19在马来西亚废物产生，CW管理（CWM）的政策和法规方面的影响，以及在选定医院中用作COVID-19联络人的CWM的案例研究。由于发生了与COVID-19相关的案例，目前的CWM做法遵循了CWM的现行政策和法规，该法律和法规已在《 1974年时间表废物条例》，《 1974年环境质量法》，并采用马来西亚卫生部提供的标准操作程序。通过调查和问卷访问进行的案例研究显示，政府医院的CWM遵循了COVID-19废物CWM的现有准则，同时废物管理承包商还采取了一些其他预防措施和规则。