PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is pumping in resources to bolster healthcare capacity in the Klang Valley, said Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
This comes as the capacity in healthcare facilities – including the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment centre – reached their limits.
The Health Minister noted that the number of patients referred to MAEPS had greatly increased with the centre now receiving 800 new patients daily on average and 200 Category 4 patients on average.
“Out of 5,198 beds in MAEPS, the 154 beds allocated for Category 4 patients have exceeded maximum capacity.
“The remaining beds for Category 1, 2 and 3 patients are also nearing the limit,” he said as he announced a slew of measures that the Health Ministry is taking to address the dire situation.
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PETALING JAYA: When people resort to stealing a basic item like fish, then the situation is really dire, various stakeholders and experts told theSun.
“Indeed, it is very unfortunate that the economic situation has worsened to such an extent that some people steal food to feed their families,” said Universiti Malaya economics professor Datuk Dr Rajah Rasiah.
He said the movement control order and enhanced movement control order have been debilitating for small and informal companies and their employees, individuals who have been laid off, and those whose earnings have plummeted.
He added that government stimulus packages have been beneficial to some extent.
Home visit: Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz (left) looking on as a patient is given a vaccine at his home in Taman Lembah Jaya in Ampang. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: House-to-house vaccination for bedridden patients living in the Klang Valley will be carried out by the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) with other non-governmental organisations under the mobile clinic initiative of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Its adviser Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood said MRCS had mobilised its team to 111 of the 280 houses identified so far to protect vulnerable individuals who have difficulty making the trip to the vaccination centres to get their jabs.
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File picture of Health Ministry personnel screening individuals for fevers as part of Covid-19 precautions, before sending them to transit centres for the homeless during the MCO March 30, 2020. Picture by Choo Choy May
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JOHOR BARU, July 6 Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has ordered the setting up of temporary accommodation for the homeless here to curb the spread of the Covid-19 infection among the group.
Tunku Ismail said, via a Facebook post today, homeless people are among the most vulnerable groups and exposed to the Covid-19 virus as they are forced to live on the street.
JOHOR BARU (Bernama): Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim has ordered the setting up of temporary accommodation for the homeless here to curb the spread of the Covid-19 infection among the group.
Tunku Ismail said, via a Facebook post on Tuesday (July 6), homeless people are among the most vulnerable groups and exposed to the Covid-19 virus as they are forced to live on the street.
He said the risk of infection could be reduced if the homeless are housed in temporary accommodation, adding that this would also facilitate the vaccination process for the group.
TMJ said full support could also be provided so that they can return to normal life.