We must fully utilise this two-week “circuit-breaker” to reset our public health strategies to ensure that the lockdown is optimised with science-based, anti-Covid-19 interventions.
Selangor has the biggest targeted population, highest GDP, second highest vaccine registration coverage, and second highest Covid-19 incidence rate, but the second-lowest vaccination coverage of its targeted population.
The restricted vaccine supply chain has led to various efforts to consider variable dosing strategies in an effort to budget vaccine doses and administer them to a wider segment of the population.
Handheld thermometer scanners are practiced routinely for every patient and every person entering a private dental clinic upon registration at the counter.
Everyone should adopt healthy behaviours to strengthen their defence against Covid-19, while also reducing the long-term risk from cardiovascular disease itself.