“Aside from this, the government should screen all close contacts of COVID-19 positive cases. The Health Ministry recently stated that it will now only screen symptomatic close contacts of COVID-19 positive cases.
“If the government’s resources are stretched, the Health Ministry should rope in the 7,000 MoH-trained private GPs to assist with the tracing and screening of close contacts,” he added.Meanwhile, Malaysian Pharmacists Society president Amrahi Buang said the spike in COVID-19 cases shouldn’t come as a surprise as this had been predicted in September last year.“We shouldn’t be alarmed. There are many viruses in the community and we are living with them.