Areas with rising number of Covid-19 infections to be placed under EMCO
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has not ruled out the possibility of enforcing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in isolation in areas that see a rise in Covid-19 cases during the conditional MCO period that has now been extended to June 9, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. The prime minister advised the people against becoming […]
SGH lays out SOPs for wellbeing of frontliners
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has laid out detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to protect its healthcare workers from Covid-19. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the measures include strengthening infection control practices, enforcing social distancing among the frontliners, screening all patients admitted to the hospital for Covid-19, providing face masks to […]
EU raises Covid-19 risk level, insists not to close interior borders
BRUSSELS: The risk for people in Europe to be infected with the Covid-19 was levelled up by the European Center for Disease Prevention Control (ECDC) on Monday, but the European Union (EU) insisted not to close the borders between its member states, reported Xinhua news agency. According to the daily ECDC risk assessment, the risk […]
Sepsis linked to 1-in-5 deaths worldwide
PARIS: Sepsis played a direct role in the deaths of 11 million people in 2017, almost twice as many as previously estimated, according to a study published Thursday. That represents one death for every five cases of the condition, and one-in-five deaths from all causes worldwide, researchers reported in The Lancet medical journal. Sepsis occurs […]
Influenza not linked to China’s novel coronavirus
KUALA LUMPUR: The influenza situation in Malaysia has nothing to do with the spread of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that based on monitoring done, so far there were no suspected novel coronavirus cases reported to the Health Ministry. However, he said the ministry […]
Selangor Govt monitoring Influenza outbreak, affected schools to close if situation worsens
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government is monitoring the Influenza A outbreak in the state and will close affected schools if the situation reaches a critical level. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said for the moment, there was an outbreak in Cyberjaya where the situation was under control. “However, if the numbers increase and the […]
Vaccine for children aged five and under
TUARAN: Children aged five and under in Sabah will be given oral polio vaccine in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus which was discovered in the state recently, said state Health and People’s Well-being Minister Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung. He said the polio vaccination drive would be carried out in stages […]
