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He said he was certain there weren’t any private hospitals delaying in sending data to the relevant government agency.
“This is something that we are not aware of and as far as private hospitals are concerned, we do not delay and report the cases as soon as we get the Covid-19 test results.
“It is our obligation to report them immediately and that is what we have been doing, ’’ added Dr Kuljit.
He was responding to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah’s statement that the spike in Covid-19 numbers recently was due to a delay in reporting cases to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre.
PETALING JAYA: A delay in reporting Covid-19 cases to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre is the reason behind the drastic rise in cases lately.
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).