Thursday, 22 Jul 2021 11:06 AM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
Maszlee noted that many parents remain fearful of letting their children attend school given the pandemic. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 Former education minister Maszlee Malik has urged the Education Ministry to address the trust deficit among the rakyat over its ability to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the recent decision by the ministry to reopen all schools nationwide on September 1 was universal for all schools, without taking into account scientific data and the differences in needs between urban, rural, and interior schools.
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Kuala Lampur For 15 years, the Malaysian Paediatric Association and its partners have been fighting for the inclusion of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) into the National Immunization Program (NIP).
We studied the burden of the disease, researched the serotypes at play in our community, examined the increasing resistance of the bacterium to our arsenal of antibiotics and demonstrated the cost effectiveness of the PCV.
It took a new government in 2019 to appreciate our endeavours, empathise with the loss of innocent lives, the disabilities inflicted by the pneumococcus and the need for bigger investment in the health of our children. They rolled out the PCV in our NIP in 2020.
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COMMENT | For 15 years, the Malaysian Paediatric Association and its partners have been fighting for the inclusion of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into the National Immunisation Programme (NIP).
We studied the burden of the disease, researched the serotypes at play in our community, examined the increasing resistance of the bacterium to our arsenal of antibiotics and demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of the PCV.
It took a new government in 2019 to appreciate our endeavours, empathise with the loss of innocent lives and the disabilities inflicted by the pneumococcus, as well as the need for bigger investment in the health of our children. They rolled out the PCV in our NIP in 2020.
We the undersigned view with much apprehension and concern the current status of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
Our national metrics paint a very bleak picture of Covid-19 pandemic management. Despite movement control orders (MCOs) and other health interventions, the daily reported cases are not decreasing.
The Cumulative Incidence Density (per 100,000 population) and the Infection Rate (active cases per 1,000 population) is not flattening, with the latest national Infection Rate registered at 0.879 per 1,000 population, meaning between eight and nine persons are actively infected for every 10,000 people.
The testing positive rate (rolling seven-day average) is rising, registering 8.9 percent on Jan 3,2021, well above the World Health Organization s (WHO) 5.0 percent benchmark of effective pandemic control and containment.
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WE the undersigned view with much apprehension and concern the current status of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
Our national metrics paint a very bleak picture of Covid-19 pandemic management.
Despite MCOs and other health interventions, the daily reported cases are not decreasing.
The Cumulative Incidence Density (per 100,000 population) and the Infection Rate (active cases per 1,000 population) is not flattening, with the latest national Infection Rate registered at 0.879 per 1,000 population, meaning between 8-9 persons are actively infected for every 10,000 people.
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The testing positive rate (rolling 7-day average) is rising, registering 8.9pc on 3 Jan 2021, well above the WHO’s 5.0pc benchmark of effective pandemic control and containment.