PETALING JAYA: The first case of the “double mutant” Covid-19 strain originating from India detected in Malaysia was a foreign worker who travelled to Mumbai, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 situation in the country is getting worse with 108 units of ventilators required to treat Covid-19 patients in the Klang Valley alone.
The number is part of the 176 Covid-19 patients on ventilator support across the country on Saturday (May 1).
This is 15 more people requiring ventilator support from the 161 people on Friday (April 30).
Nationwide, the number of patients in intensive care units (ICU) is now 337, said Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his daily Covid-19 update Saturday (May 1).
There are seven hospitals dedicated to the treatment of Covid-19 in the Klang Valley encompassing Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
PETALING JAYA: The number of daily Covid-19 cases has once again hit the 3,000 mark, a trend not seen since the beginning of this year.
As of Wednesday (April 28), there were 3,142 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the country s tally to 401,593 cases since the pandemic first started.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the total new cases, 2,950 involved locals while the balance were foreigners.
“Selangor recorded the highest number with 1,019 cases.
“Of this, 819 cases were from clusters and screening of close contacts in the field, he said in a statement.
This was followed by Kelantan with 523 cases and Kuala Lumpur with 440 cases.
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PETALING JAYA: A walk-in appointment for people who want the AstraZeneca vaccine? This is a suggestion made by Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on Twitter on Tuesday (April 27) evening. Perhaps we should open a walk-in for AZ vaccine. No need to wait. What do you think? (sic) he tweeted.
The Tweet was a reply to Twitter user @Hunteress197, who wrote that there is no perfect medicine as it is made by people. I ll take the risk coz I ve done it before. My current medicine had potential to damage my liver, but still I took it to slow down aggressive destruction of my lungs (sic) she tweeted.