PETALING JAYA • Malaysia's average Covid-19 test positivity rate of 6.89 per cent in the past week is higher than the threshold set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), said Health Minister Adham Baba yesterday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - Unorthodox measures are being rolled out as Malaysia s healthcare system is stretched thin, not just by the rising number of Covid-19 cases, but also from the severity of the infections, with more critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
Not only are military-built hospitals being deployed, field ICUs are set to be rolled out in Penang, where critical care capacity has breached 100 per cent, while the surge in deaths has forced Sungai Buloh Hospital, the Klang Valley s main coronavirus treatment facility, to use a shipping container as a makeshift morgue.
The Malaysian authorities have constantly opened up new Covid-19 ICU wards during this year s coronavirus outbreak which saw record highs of new and active cases in January and February respectively, while both the number of victims in ICU and mortalities peaked last week.