EXCLUSIVE: Dr Jason Oke, of Oxford University, told MailOnline one a factor behind the drop in excess non-Covid deaths in the second wave could be a displacement of deaths from the first wave.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the world for slightly over a year to date.
The situation in Malaysia does not appear to be abating with 238,721 cases and 857 deaths on Feb 6, compared to 115,078 cases and 474 deaths on Jan 1.
The healthcare system is straining to cope with this unprecedented challenge.
There are global reports that cancer care, like other non-Covid-19 conditions, is being deprioritised, delayed, disrupted, and even discontinued by some health systems.
These decisions will impact on cancer death and burden health systems for years to come with delays in cancer screening resulting in delayed diagnosis and worse outcomes for the affected patients.
The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that cancer organisations globally have faced difficulties in maintaining life-saving services. This is not only due to a drop in resources, but also because of the necessary measures enacted to contain the spread of the coronavirus and fears of contagion on the.
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Zimbabwe: Lack of awareness stifles fight against childhood cancer
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HARARE, Zimbabwe – Miranda Muvengwa, 9, succumbed to a deadly cancer last year.
Living in a single rented room in the Zimbabwean capital Harare’s densely populated suburb Mabvuku, her 26-year-old mother Mavis Chikate, said memories of her child and her last painful moments are haunting her.
Since then, the distraught mother has stopped attending her roadside shop.
The outbreak of coronavirus further aggravated the problem. Her father Gibson Muvengwa, 29, said that due to lockdown restrictions, he could not transport his daughter to South Africa for better treatment.
“It is not easy witnessing your only child struggling, let alone with cancer-killing her in the process. Due to continued lockdown, we could not travel to any country to seek better treatment for our daughter,” he told Anadolu Agency.