Medical accounts on Twitter among most popular in Malaysia in 2021

Twitter accounts belonging to doctors and health authorities were among most popular locally in 2021, alongside athletes and celebrities. — Twitter

Doctors were among the most popular Malaysian Twitter accounts, as people turned to the microblogging service for news on the Covid-19 pandemic.

In its 2021 roundup, Twitter announced that medical accounts including the Health Ministry (@KKMPutrajaya), Dr Khairul Hafidz (@khairul_hafidz) who started the #MedTweetMY hashtag and Dr B. Nimelesh (@HausofHilton) were among the 10 most popular local accounts.