Muhyiddin: Two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be distributed in Klang Valley, N Sembilan | Malaysia malaymail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from malaymail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Facts and figures: Dr Adham showing a table of the percentage of deaths due to Covid-19 at a press conference in Putrajaya. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The recent surge in daily Covid-19 cases in Selangor is due to active detection and screening activities in areas under enhanced movement control order (EMCO), says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
He noted 25,005 screenings were conducted on July 6 as compared to 19,614 on July 5 and tests were further increased in the following days.
On July 9, Selangor recorded 4,400 cases and 4,152 the day before.
“From this data, we see more contact tracing activities and screenings in enhanced MCO areas. Public health activities are also expected in these areas, hence the increased screenings, ” he said during a press conference on the ministry’s preparedness to deal with the pandemic in the Klang Valley here yesterday.
10 Jul 2021 / 09:34 H. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 509 private general medical practitioners (GPs) have been given authorisation letters to issue home surveillance and observation (HSO) orders to Covid-19 patients.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the HSO would be issued to positive patients who would then be treated at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) managed by a private medical centre or at their respective homes.
“A total of 509 GPs have been given the authorisation letters to issue HSO bracelets for patients who tested positive to be treated at the PKRC or sent home and monitored,” he said.
10 Jul 2021 / 08:40 H.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded a new cluster today, namely the Segama Oil Palm cluster in Lahad Datu, with the index case believed to be an Indonesian woman who entered the state on June 25.
Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun in a statement said the 48-year-old woman tested positive on Tuesday (July 6) at a private clinic, after experiencing cough and sore throat three days earlier.
He said the woman who had come with her two grandchildren was previously ordered to undergo quarantine at a farm before being allowed to return to work.
Following this, Masidi said active detection had been conducted on 64 contacts, and 14 more individuals were confirmed positive while 49 tested negative in the first screening.
509 GPs allowed to issue home quarantine order
Modified1:55 am
-
A total of 509 private general medical practitioners (GPs) have been given authorisation letters to issue home surveillance and observation (HSO) orders to Covid-19 patients.
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said the HSO would be issued to positive patients who would then be treated at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) managed by a private medical centre or at their respective homes.
All Access Plan