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Experts: Vaccination and strict SOP adherence the way out

PETALING JAYA: Although the country has managed to keep test positivity rates and infectivity rates from surging higher, health experts say that vaccinations and following SOP are still key in the country’s exit from the Covid-19 pandemic. International Islamic University Malaysia epidemiologist Prof Dr Jamalludin Ab Rahman said it would take time to see dips in positivity rates from tightened Covid-19 restrictions. “The current figures may have yet to show the actual value due to the usual delay in testing and the reporting of results. “However, it could also indicate that the transmission rate is higher due to the new virus variant,” he said.

Health DG: Another 129 lives lost to Covid-19

This brings the death toll to 7,148 since the pandemic began. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 61 were recorded in Selangor, Kedah (14), Kuala Lumpur (11), Negri Sembilan (10), Melaka (10), Johor (nine), Terengganu (three), Sarawak (three), Sabah (two), Perak (two), Penang (two) and one each in Kelantan and Labuan. There are seven brought-in-dead cases in Selangor, two in Sarawak and one each in Kuala Lumpur, Negri Sembilan, Johor and Sabah. Dr Noor Hisham said among the new 10,972 cases, 48 were imported, involving 28 Malaysians and 20 foreigners. At present, 915 patients are in intensive care, with 435 on ventilator support. The total number of active Covid-19 cases has risen to 128,997, while Malaysia’s cumulative cases stand at 927,533.

Malaysia reaches the new Covid-19 plateau but for how long? | Malaysia

Monday, 19 Jul 2021 10:00 AM MYT BY JUSTIN ONG Malaysia now appeared to be focused on vaccination in order to effectively suppress the pandemic, as lockdowns were showing increasingly diminishing returns for the economic damage caused. Picture by Miera Zulyana Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 Malaysia’s latest rapid increase in new Covid-19 cases appeared to have rounded off across the weekend, with the Health Ministry projecting an upcoming plateau in daily case numbers. Based on its Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Removed (SEIR) modelling, observed cases have deviated from the previous curve that would have seen the country approaching 14,000 cases a day and beyond.

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