Covid-19 is already in our communities, said the Health Director-General (DG).
In a joint press conference with Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today (11 May), Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah explained that 80% of coronavirus infections recorded in Malaysia are sporadic – meaning that the infected person had not travelled to high-risk areas or had close contact with infected patients.
The Health DG also raised concern about the increasing appearance of new variants of the Covid-19 virus in Malaysia.
He explained that there are four “variants of concern” and three of these variants have been successfully identified in Malaysia including; the United Kingdom (UK) variant, South African variant and a recently identified variant from India.
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Emergency Operation Centres (EOCs) in Ashanti, Western and Northern Regions are set to receive a massive boost as part of a project to strengthen them to effectively respond to public health emergencies.
The project dubbed, “Enhanced Strategies to Protect and Improve Health Security in Ghana (ESPIHS-GH) will among other things, build the capacities of the workforce in EOCs in beneficiary regions.
It also seeks to improve six thematic areas including; national laboratory systems, surveillance, workforce development, emergency management and response, international health regulations and service delivery.
This came to light at a meeting between the Technical Working Group and members of the Public Health Emergency Management Committee in Ashanti ahead of a site visit to assess the centre in Ashanti region and its readiness for emergencies and how best to improve the facility.
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