According to Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association president Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar, what is more important is to tighten the standard operating procedures so that the spread of the pandemic does not become worse and the goal to reduce the number of cases can be achieved.
Sunday, 31 Jan 2021 06:37 PM MYT
BY JUSTIN ONG
A healthcare worker collects swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Dewan Desa Temuan in Kota Damansara January 29, 2021. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 Malaysia’s dire Covid-19 situation continued today, with health authorities reporting 5,298 more infections along with another 14 deaths.
Today’s reported cases were marginally lower than the 5,728 yesterday.
According to the Health Ministry, Selangor and Johor both contributed new cases in the four-digit range.
“Today’s deaths involve 12 cases in Selangor and one each in Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur. All of the deaths today involve citizens,” Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 31): Malaysia reported 5,298 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, with 14 more deaths, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
Daily recoveries rose to 4,522, bringing the total recovery tally to 166,049. As the number of active cases was not far behind that of new confirmed cases, this means active cases rose by 762 today to 48,150.
The new cases comprised 5,295 local transmissions and three imported ones, involving two Malaysians and one foreigner, the ministry said.
Selangor continued to report the highest portion with 2,460 cases, of which 1,907 or 77.5% were from existing clusters or comprised close contacts of Covid-19 patients.
These were followed by Johor with 1,020 infections and Kuala Lumpur with 783.
KOTA BHARU: Full compliance of all Malaysians with the standard operating procedure (SOP) is the key to curbing the spread of Covid-19 in the country,.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has confirmed that a delay in reporting Covid-19 cases to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre led to the recent drastic increase in cases. For three days straight, the country was shocked by news of daily cases reaching above 5,000. The ministry confirms that the situation was caused by a delay in cases being reported, including positive cases that were found in 2020. The drastic increase in cases is due to massive targeted screenings at workplaces and high-risk groups in several states. However, these delayed cases have been given the appropriate action by the district health office, such as patient isolation, close contact tracing and treatment for positive cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement Sunday (Jan 31).