KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced 6,320 new Covid-19 cases today, lifting the country’s cumulative figure to 505,115 since the virus arrived in Malaysia early last year. Selangor topped the list of new daily cases with 1,647, followed by Sarawak (749) and Kuala.
PETALING JAYA: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s Specialist Children’s Hospital (HPKK UKM) may potentially be repurposed as a Covid-19 hospital to help ease the strain on Klang Valley hospitals where Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds are now operating beyond full capacity.
“As a measure to deal with the sudden increase in category 4 and 5 Covid-19 cases that require ICU beds, upper managements from the Health Ministry and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) have met to discuss the recommendation of using of HPKK UKM as a Covid-19 hospital, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah wrote on Facebook on Saturday (May 22).
22 May 2021 / 22:46 H. - Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) needs a period of two weeks to make the necessary preparation to contain the Covid-19 transmission in the country.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said among the preparations was to stock up on equipment and medicine as well as reviewing the layouts to further increase the wards and intensive care units (ICU) capacity for Covid-19 patients.
Therefore, he appealed to all Malaysians to assist the ministry by imposing self and family restriction for two weeks in order to break the infection chain and allow hospitals to have more room to treat the increasing number of patients.
Saturday, 22 May 2021 06:25 PM MYT
BY SHAHRIN AIZAT NOORSHAHRIZAM
File photo of Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah during a press conference reporting the daily update on the country’s Covid-19 situation at the Ministry of Health, May 8, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 The health director-general called for Malaysia to go on a self-imposed lockdown for the next two weeks as Covid-19 caseloads continue to rise.
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said hospitals were at a critical stage in terms of bed capacity for Covid-19 patients.