Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 08:17 PM MYT
BY SOO WERN JUN
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said all health personnel involved in data management at the district level up to the level national is subject to relevant laws and are obliged to maintain confidentiality of patients’ Covid-19 data. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 The Health Ministry today has assured the public that there are no doubts raised regarding the country’s Covid-19 data management system.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said all health personnel involved in data management at the district level up to the level national is subject to relevant laws and are obliged to maintain confidentiality of patients’ Covid-19 data.
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A non governmental organisation (NGO) group announced on Tuesday (19 Jan) that one of its members, who serves as a Covid-19 frontliner, had died of exhaustion while on duty.
Skuad Pengurusan Jenazah Malaysia, a KL-based charity group that helps folks manage funerals and burials, shared on its Facebook page that medical officer Dr Ali Noor Hassan fell sick due to the workload.
They said he was exhausted and had little time to rest after working on the frontlines of the Health Ministry (MOH) in battling the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the post, Dr Ali fell asleep while on duty and fainted – eventually leading to his death.
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The Covid-19 vaccine created by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE has been approved for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The approval was reportedly the deciding factor as to whether Malaysia would go ahead with its order for the vaccine.
Late last month Malaysia announced that it had signed an agreement with Pfizer for 12.8 million doses of the vaccine to inoculate 6.4 million Malaysians.
That is equal to about 20% of the population.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin previously said that the vaccine will arrive in stages starting January.