: Some 8,940 healthcare workers in the country have been infected with Covid-19 so far this year, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Dr Noor Hisham said as of Feb 16, some 5,711 HCW were absent from work after they tested positive for Covid-19 while 3,119 missed work after being identified as close contact, which constituted to about 3.1 per cent of Health Ministry total workforce. “In general, currently 93.3 per cent of the overall Covid-19 patients are under home isolation with follow up being carried out digitally,“ he said.
He said necessary steps and adaptive policy were introduced based on current available data and practices in other countries adding that MOH was also working with private healthcare facilities to assist in the management of Covid-19 patients.
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