PETALING JAYA: Ensuring those in the high-risk groups are fully vaccinated with the booster dose can help prevent severe complications and ease the healthcare system even if there is a community transmission of the Omicron variant, say public health experts.
PETALING JAYA: Imposing a travel ban on countries that have detected the presence of the Covid-19 Omicron variant is ineffective and should be replaced by strengthening public health measures, including longer quarantines and RT-PCR testing, say health experts.
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Right way: A woman positioning her forehead at a scanner to get an accurate temperature reading.
PETALING JAYA: As temperature checks are still required as part of the standard operating procedure (SOP) to enter any business premises, health experts warn that readings must still be from the forehead and not other parts of the body such as the hand or wrist.
Universiti Putra Malaysia epidemiologist Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman said scanning equipment is meant to measure an individual’s temperature on the forehead.
“Body temperature is usually read at three areas: the forehead, armpit and rectum (for infants).“Measuring temperature on the hand is not accurate as it does not represent core body temperature, ” she said.