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Adham: Learn from India s crisis

Space issue: A file photo of Serdang Hospital, which is now at 80% capacity. PETALING JAYA: Malaysians must take the rise in Covid-19 cases seriously to avoid a similar crisis as the one unfolding in India, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. His call comes as certain states and private hospitals are reportedly running out capacity to house and treat Covid-19 patients, although the overall occupancy rates of hospitals in the country as a whole was still at just over half. “In January, (India) said that it looked like it was nearing the end of the pandemic, so people gathered in crowds, went here and there, and as a result, it is facing a storm.

Malaysian private hospitals reach full COVID-19 patient occupancy » Borneo Bulletin Online

April 29, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Most private hospitals, particularly in the Klang Valley, are currently unable to accept any more COVID-19 patients due to a sharp increase of such patients in their facilities in the last 14 days, said the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM). Its president Dr Kuljit Singh said all the designated beds in the COVID-19 wards and even the isolated intensive care unit (ICU) beds have been constantly occupied. More details on Friday’s Borneo Bulletin

Letting private hospitals procure vaccines could speed up herd immunity, group says

Letting private hospitals procure vaccines could speed up herd immunity, group says MalaysiaNow 5 hrs ago © Provided by MalaysiaNow The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) is urging the government to allow private institutions to procure their own Covid-19 vaccines to speed up the inoculation process and achieve early herd immunity. Speaking at a virtual event titled “Efficient Covid vaccination rollout in Asean”, APHM president Dr Kuljit Singh said private hospitals have yet to be granted permission by the government to procure vaccines on their own due to the global shortage of jabs and equity concerns. “We have made many requests to the government that in order to get early herd immunity, the private sector should be allowed to procure its own vaccines,” he said, adding that the procurement process should start as soon as possible to secure vaccines given the short supply.

Get second phase up and running

Second shot: Second dose vaccine recipients posing for a group photo in Seremban. Bernama PETALING JAYA: Various parties are gearing up for the launch of the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme on April 19, though much remains to be done to hit the ground running. Under the second phase, the elderly, chronically ill and people with disabilities are prioritised for vaccination. People in these groups can check for their vaccination appointment on the MySejahtera app or on the website https://www.vaksincovid.gov.my/ As of March 28, about two million people had signed up under the second phase to receive either the Pfizer or Sinovac vaccine, though the original target was nine million people.

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