The Higher Education Minister, Dato’ Dr. Noraini Ahmad visited Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) on 10 April 2020 to survey the readiness of the university to face the Covid-19 outbreak.
Joining the visit was the Finance Deputy Minister II, Mohd Shahar Abdullah, who is also the Paya Besar Member of Parliament.

Concerned with the struggle faced by the frontliners and healthcare workers to combat the spread of Covid-19 virus, especially in Pahang State, UMP Holdings Sdn. Bhd (UMPH), a subsidiary of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), helps produced 1,000 face shields and donated 720 bottles of drinking water to the healthcare workers.

UMP Services Sdn. Bhd. produces the face shields while Imani Agro Industries Sdn. Bhd. donated the drinking water. Both companies are subsidiaries of UMP Holdings Sdn. Bhd. 

Pekan 23 April – Pasangan rusa dikenali sebagai Pekan dan Chini yang dipelihara di Mini Deer Park dalam kampus Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) di Pekan kini melahirkan anak kedua pada 22 April, tepat jam 7.00 pagi dengan berat 7 kg selepas kelahiran anak pertama pada Jun tahun lalu.

Kuantan, 22 April- Sentiasa amalkan penjagaan diri dan kebersihan dalam kehidupan  seharian memandangkan banyak permukaan yang kita sentuh terdedah kepada bakteria atau virus yang boleh menjadi punca penyebab penyakit. Bakteria atau virus boleh melekat di tangan ketika berjabat tangan, memegang pemegang pintu, paip, perkakas dapur, peralatan tandas dan lain-lain. Tangan boleh bertindak sebagai ejen pemindahan bakteria atau virus apabila menyentuh muka terutama mata, hidung atau mulut.

A group of students from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) made a remake of the song “Sakit” by Zynakal, changing its lyrics to advise Malaysians in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 that has affected countries around the world, titled ‘Kita Jaga Kita’ (‘We Protect Each Other’).

With academic backgrounds in Engineering and Technology, these students’ creative effort was a calling developed while undergoing the Movement Control Order (MCO) which has been implemented in Malaysia since 18 March.

Kuantan, 10 April- Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Dato’ Dr. Noraini Ahmad berkunjung ke kampus Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) baru-baru ini bagi meninjau kesiapsiagaan UMP menangani ancaman penularan wabak penyakit Covid-19 yang melanda negara ketika ini. Turut sama menyertai kunjungan tersebut adalah Timbalan Menteri Kewangan II merangkap Ahli Parlimen Paya Besar, YB Tuan Mohd Shahar Abdullah.