KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 Active Covid-19 cases breached the 30,000 mark today as the country reported 3,418 more daily infections, reaching a high last seen on February 24 when most major states were still locked down by the second movement control order. The Ministry of Health also reported the.
Space issue: A file photo of Serdang Hospital, which is now at 80% capacity.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians must take the rise in Covid-19 cases seriously to avoid a similar crisis as the one unfolding in India, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
His call comes as certain states and private hospitals are reportedly running out capacity to house and treat Covid-19 patients, although the overall occupancy rates of hospitals in the country as a whole was still at just over half.
“In January, (India) said that it looked like it was nearing the end of the pandemic, so people gathered in crowds, went here and there, and as a result, it is facing a storm.
Selangor Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman (
pic) said a system had been in place to ensure the state’s healthcare catered to all and continued to run smoothly.
“In Selangor only Hospital Sungai Buloh and the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) 2.0 Integrated Hospital exclusively handle Covid-19 cases, ’’ said Dr Sha’ari, adding that the latter was also equipped with intensive care unit requirements.
According to Dr Sha’ari, when patients are diagnosed with Covid-19 in other hospitals, they are sent to MAEPS if they are under category 1 or 2.
“If their condition is more serious, they are sent to Hospital Sungai Buloh or treated at the hospital they had initially gone to, ’’ he said.
Published on: Tuesday, December 22, 2020
By: FMT
Photo: Bernama
PETALING JAYA: A total of 1,880 healthcare workers have tested positive for Covid-19, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
In a statement today, Noor Hisham said that based on the health ministry’s investigations, the majority of the infections were from healthcare workers (33%) and from the community (33%).
The announcement by Noor Hisham comes a day after he revealed that some health workers had gone to work despite exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms.
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Some others, he noted, had failed to wear masks in the hospitals, which led to the new infections being detected there.