Sunday, 16 May 2021 11:35 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
The Ministry of Health shared that the Sungai Buloh Hospital is now forced to prepare a morgue container on-site to house bodies of dead Covid-19 patients May 16, 2021. Picture via Twitter/KKMalaysia
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 As a grim reminder of the worsening Covid-19 situation in the country, the Ministry of Health (MOH) today shared that the Sungai Buloh Hospital is now forced to prepare a morgue container on-site to house bodies of dead Covid-19 patients.
The MOH shared the update on its Facebook page, revealing how the hospital’s forensic medicine department was forced to resort to such a solution, as an additional morgue.
Quarantine for passengers from India via HADR, repatriation flight extended to 21 days 15 May 2021 / 07:12 H. -Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The 14-day mandatory quarantine period for all passengers from India arriving in Malaysia via the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission on May 12 and repatriation flight on May 13, has been extended to 21 days.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
(pix) said the decision was made after seven of the 132 passengers (5.3 per cent) on the repatriation flight on May 13 tested positive for Covid-19.
“Taking into account the above results and the risk assessment carried out, the MOH (Ministry of Health) decided to extend the mandatory quarantine period for the passengers involved.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 Malaysia recorded 4,140 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24-hour period, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 466,330 since the pandemic hit the country early last year. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his official Twitter account also.
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians were in favour of a move to extend the quarantine period to 21 days for those returning from India.
Following the government s announcement that it was considering whether to extend the period from the normal 14 days to 21 days, many said authorities should not hesitate to do so as the measure could stunt the growing number of local cases.
Some even suggested that the move should also be extended to returnees from every country.
“Please quarantine for 21 days. Do it before we face more serious conditions, ” said Deded Adam Deeja who commented on the announcement on The Star’s Facebook page.