Sabah averaged at about 2,500 new Covid-19 cases and 32 deaths a day over the past week from today; 41%, or 92 of 226 Covid-19 victims, were brought-in-dead.
The Malaysian Community Pharmacy Guild says suppliers are profiting the most from the ceiling price for Covid-19 self-test kits, while pharmacies are forced to shoulder the cost alone.
On Sept 2, Malaysia administered an average of 1.04 vaccine doses per 100 people, nearly four times higher than 0.27 doses in the United States; Malaysia surpassed the US’ per capita vaccination rate since June 11.
Covid-19 infections, hospital admissions, and ICU cases are surging in Sarawak, with deaths also rising (albeit very low numbers), unlike sharp declines in Labuan -- both have fully vaccinated more than 60% of their total populations.
Covid-19 cases spiked 25-fold to 310,074 infections among children aged below 18 in Malaysia this year as of Aug 30 compared to 2020, while Covid-19 deaths rose seven-fold to 41 fatalities.
Malaysia’s average daily vaccine doses administered dipped 36% from a peak of more than 543,000 jabs on August 1 to slightly above 350,000 jabs on August 31.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the endemic phase will include a national testing strategy to ensure regular testing for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, as Malaysia reopens while living with the virus.
The health minister says no deaths directly caused by Covid-19 vaccination have been reported to date, while most serious adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) cases only required brief hospitalisation.
These five states badly hit by Covid-19 will get more than half of the country’s vaccine supply in September, as well as extra medical resources and increased testing.