Wednesday, 26 May 2021 05:37 PM MYT
Army personnel patrol the Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre in Johor Baru, February 10, 2021. The bed occupancy rate at the Covid-19 PKRC at the Pasir Gudang City Council Indoor Stadium has reached 91 per cent. Bernama pic
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JOHOR BARU, May 26 The bed occupancy rate at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC), at the Pasir Gudang City Council (MBPG) Indoor Stadium here, has reached 91 per cent.
The PKRC’s operations room, in a statement said the percentage involved 952 patients from categories one and two, who are asymptomatic and low-risk individuals.
22 May 2021 / 22:46 H. - Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) needs a period of two weeks to make the necessary preparation to contain the Covid-19 transmission in the country.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the preparations was to stock up on equipment and medicine as well as reviewing the layouts to further increase the wards and intensive care units (ICU) capacity for Covid-19 patients.
Therefore, he appealed to all Malaysians to assist the ministry by imposing self and family restriction for two weeks in order to break the infection chain and allow hospitals to have more room to treat the increasing number of patients.
21 May 2021 / 22:40 H. - Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Distress calls statistics received by government agencies from March 25, 2020 to May 20 this year revealed that 85.5 percent of the calls were related to mental health issues that require emotional support and counseling.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (
pix) said they include acute stress, anxiety, depression, abuse and suicidal behaviour.
He said the Health Ministry (MOH) acknowledged that 2020 and 2021 were very challenging years and there was no denying that the people were affected psychologically and emotionally as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The causes identified are loss of employment, no source of income, family conflicts, interpersonal relationship problems, stigma and lack of access to aid services.
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