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JOHOR BAHRU: Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar was discharged from Damansara Specialist Centre 2 (DSH 2) on Thursday (July 20) after successfully undergoing an operation on the right shoulder due to an old injury on Tuesday (July 18).
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Spiking infections on heels of lagging vaccination rate raising concern 24 May 2021 / 08:57 H.
PETALING JAYA: The numbers are alarming. New Covid-19 infections and the death toll have increased significantly, yet the vaccination exercise continues at a snail’s pace.
Malaysia is reporting more than 6,000 new cases daily now, the highest in Southeast Asia, and neck and neck with the Philippines at the top of the chart.
Yet, it has also achieved among the lowest rate of vaccination. World Health Organisation tracking data shows that as of last Friday, only 931,000 people have been fully vaccinated, accounting for just 2.9% of the population.
In contrast, 1.44 million people in Singapore have received both doses of the vaccine, which is 25.3% of the republic’s population, more than nine times ahead of Malaysia.
Published on: Monday, January 18, 2021
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Enforcement officials have been checking on premises to ensure all standard operating procedures are being followed. (Bernama pic) - FMT
PETALING JAYA: A public health specialist has suggested that the government set a list of key performance indicators (KPI) to determine when to call off the emergency and movement control order (MCO), instead of depending on the daily number of new Covid-19 cases.
Dr Khor Swee Kheng said focusing only on the number of cases, or even the infectivity rate, was problematic as these were metrics that could be easily influenced.
“Using a single KPI will lead to an unstable situation where we are over-dependent on that KPI,” he said, adding that the complex Covid-19 crisis required the incorporation of several KPIs to measure “pandemic severity”.