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JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the government to mass test people in Covid-19 hot spots to prevent further spread of infections in the community.
It also urged the government to speed up vaccinating the population especially in Selangor where infections are the highest.
“The exponential surge in Covid-19 cases are a clear indication that SOP compliance is at a highly unsatisfactory level,” MMA president Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy
“The SOPs are indeed a high priority, however ‘hoping’ for improvements in compliance is not a good plan at this crucial time when cases of Covid-19 are spreading in the community at a much faster rate. We should not be waiting for cases to pop-up. We should be mass testing the community.
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PETALING JAYA: The number of people who were brought in dead to hospitals, especially in the Klang Valley, has been increasing, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The Health director-general in a tweet on Sunday (May 16) said that a Covid-19 test would be conducted on the bodies before a post-mortem examination was conducted on the deceased.
He also tweeted a picture of two forensic department staffmembers of the Sungai Buloh Hospital on duty.
Dr Noor Hisham, however, did not indicate if they died due to Covid-19.
As of Sunday (May 16), a total of 1,902 people have died in the country from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic last year.