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Brace for rise in Covid-19 cases in Malaysia following floods, says Khairy

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KUALA LUMPUR — The Malaysian health ministry on Monday (Dec 20) warned of an imminent rise in Covid-19 cases following continuous heavy downpours that inundated several states in the country since last week. This comes after 181 positive cases of Covid-19 were detected among flood victims earlier in the day.

The country’s health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the 181 positive individuals were detected during screening by health authorities at the various flood relief centres, with the majority of them involving asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients under Categories 1 and 2.“As of 11am , following our screening at the various relief centres, we detected a total of 181 Covid-19 positive cases.

“So the ministry is expecting a possible rise in Covid-19 cases as patient transfers were conducted in a risky manner and certain public health measures such as face mask-wearing was therefore inapplicable,” he told a press conference at the Dewan Rakyat. He also provided the breakdown of the 181 cases, with the bulk of patients coming from Selangor at 117, followed by Pahang at 52, six in Kelantan, four in KL and one in Melaka and Negri Sembilan respectively.

 

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