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PUTRAJAYA: A nationwide total lockdown under the Movement Control Order (MCO) was not implemented after taking into account the interests of the peopl.
PETALING JAYA: The government needs to create more exclusive Covid-19 hospitals like the Sungai Buloh Hospital to cater to the increasing number of patients, says Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh.
The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) president said it can be done by decanting non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals for treatment, freeing up beds at public hospitals to specifically treat Covid-19 patients.
“This is the most practical and workable solution and there will be a significant impact in easing out more beds for Covid-19 patients.
“We can look after the non-Covid-19 patients from public hospitals. This will give more capacity for public hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients, ” he said here on Saturday (May 22).
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has reached an unwanted milestone when the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases breached the half-a-million mark on Saturday (May 22).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that another 6,317 cases were reported, bringing the total cumulative cases to 505,115 since the first case in the country was reported on Jan 25 last year.
Selangor recorded the highest number of cases with 1,647 followed by Sarawak (749), Kuala Lumpur (654), Kelantan (613), Johor (477) and Penang (359).
The number of recoveries, however, is lower than new cases, with 4,694 patients being discharged in the past 24 hours.
In total, 449,234 patients or 88.9% have recovered from Covid-19 in the country with active cases now up to 53,682 cases.
PETALING JAYA: Starting Tuesday, most shops will be required to close by 8pm under stricter rules to battle the spiralling number of Covid-19 cases.They will operate from 8am to 8pm except for pharmacies, which are allowed to open until 10pm, and petrol stations at rest stops on expressways, which will open round the clock.