Health DG tells asymptomatic Covid-19 patients to self-isolate first

 

COVID-19 | Individuals who have tested positive for Covid-19 but are asymptomatic would have to self-isolate at home for a few days before being taken to hospitals due to the insufficient number of beds.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this is because the ministry is dealing with quadruple-digit cases a day.

“This happened in Sabah too. We are talking about more than 1,000 cases a day. This is because of increased testing among foreign workers and, as expected, more cases are being diagnosed.

“Foreign workers have no place to be isolated in... we have thousands here. We are increasing the number of beds to 10,000,” he said as quoted by Malay Mail.

Noor Hisham was asked to respond to a complaint by a business owner who alleged that two of her employees who tested positive for Covid-19 were yet to be contacted or taken to government hospitals.

“Two of my staff are positive cases. Until today, MOH has not contacted them, no pink bands, nothing,” she said.

The business owner explained that one of her workers tested positive after going to the Sungai Buloh hospital with her boyfriend and his father. The father had come into contact with a positive case.

She also complained that the hospital took longer than 48 hours to respond with the test results.

MOH reported 1,196 new Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, and Johor all recorded more than 100 new infections. - Mkini