В Малайзии выявили первые случаи заражения «нигерийским» штаммом SARS-CoV-2 regnum.ru - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from regnum.ru Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claim health authorities should âexplainâ why two needles were used to give Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin a Covid-19 vaccine. The posts came after several other world leaders faced false accusations that they faked their Covid-19 vaccinations. The claim is misleading: it is common to change needles between the preparation and administration of vaccines for hygiene and practical reasons, according to health experts.
âWithdraw using a BLUE syringe, inject using an AMBER syringe?â reads a Facebook post from February 24, 2021, shared more than 800 times.Â
âHope the government, especially the MALAYSIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH Adham Baba explain to the citizens and country why there is a difference in syringes during the COVID-19 vaccine injection process on Muhyiddin?â the postâs caption continues.
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Vaccination challenges in rural Sabah, Sarawak 02 Mar 2021 / 12:09 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
ALTHOUGH Malaysia has a plan to inoculate more than 80% of the population (nearly 27 million out of 32 million Malaysians) against Covid-19 by March 2022, there is no clear indication on how the vaccines are going to be distributed throughout rural Sabah and Sarawak.
This is a valid concern as in the rural areas of Sabah and Sarawak more than a third of the population continue to live beyond 5km from any kind of health facility.
Due to the lack of specialists and medical equipment, patients seeking treatments or follow-up treatments are often forced to refer to another public hospital that can cater to their respective medical needs.
The impact of the pandemic on management of NCDs Meera Murugesan
NON-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been rising steadily in Malaysia, drawing attention to our poor lifestyle and eating habits.
With the pandemic, the issue of NCDs has been thrown into the spotlight again, as people with these conditions are prone to severe or even fatal complications from Covid-19.
Around 70 per cent of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia involved individuals who had NCDs, which is a troubling fact as an estimated 74 per cent of Malaysians are afflicted by these diseases.
Individuals with NCDs not only need to exercise extra caution to avoid a Covid-19 infection but also keep their pre-existing medical conditions under control. Asthma and hypertension are among the most common NCDs in Malaysia.