Covid-19 cases exceed 5k again and other news you may have missed
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1. The Health Ministry reported a record high of 5,728 new cases of Covid-19, with 3,285 cases in Selangor alone.
2. Selangor blames the surge in cases to a backlog in reporting and plans to fine private clinics and hospitals who don t immediately report Covid-19 cases through the Public Health Lab Information System.
3. Forty-eight health workers at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) in Kuala Terengganu tested positive for Covid-19.
Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari - Bernama
SHAH ALAM (Bernama): The surge in Covid-19 cases in Selangor announced by the Health Ministry on Friday (Jan 29) was due to the backlog of cases from the screening at factories, prisons, clinics and private hospitals, that were not reported in real-time.
Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari in a statement on Saturday (Jan 30) said the backlog of cases was over the past 10 days. To overcome this problem, the Selangor Health Department (JKNS) will impose compounds on private clinics or hospitals that do not report positive cases directly on the same day through the Public Health Laboratory Information System (Simka), he said.
The Health Ministry also said Selangor had the most new cases, with 3,285 recorded.
Of the new cases, five were imported infections involving two Malaysians and three foreigners.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said on Saturday (Jan 30) that there were another 13 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 746.
There were also 3,805 new recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 161,527.
Of the 13 fatalities, four were recorded in Selangor involving three men aged from 53 to 78 and a 62-year-old woman.
The men had had histories of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure while the woman also had breast cancer.
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 09:49 PM MYT
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on November 21, 2020. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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PUTRAJAYA, Dec 16 The Ministry of Health (MOH) will investigate allegation pertaining to falsified Covid-19 test results, as alleged by a private clinic in Rawang, Selangor, recently.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the MOH will work closely with the police and the Ministry of Human Resources to ensure the issue is resolved.
He said the act of falsifying Covid-19 results was an offence and action could be taken under Act 342 (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988) before using other laws for further action.
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