Alice Lau, a pharmacist, wants MOH to explain if people are allowed to buy prescription medicines from DoctorOnCall’s online pharmacy without physically meeting a doctor.
Alice Lau says the shift of allocations for MOH programmes to lump-sum budgets may cause a patient’s condition to deteriorate, while they wait for medication that can only be obtained upon approval by higher-ups.
Two public housing flats in Lahad Datu, Sabah, were under EMCO since Oct 13, which prohibits residents from leaving their homes; the government initially wanted to extend the lockdown to Nov 23, but lifted it on Nov 11.
Kota Belud MP Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis wants a special medical assistance fund to cover transport and accommodation costs for B40 Sabahans who travel far to hospitals.
No local public health experts have publicly advocated herd immunity, calling instead for targeted lockdowns, along with aggressive testing, contact tracing, and isolation.
Sabah recorded zero new Covid-19 cases almost every day in the last two weeks of August, as the coronavirus surge hit the state in October after its election.
Dzulkefly Ahmad also points out that Vietnam only has 1,226 positive Covid-19 cases and 35 deaths, compared to Malaysia with 42,050 cases and 300 deaths.
Tiong King Sing also criticised the government for drafting “ambiguous” Covid-19 SOPs that lead to RM1,000 fines, like not checking in with MySejahtera while filling up fuel, or a passenger sitting in a car in front with the driver.
RM194 million has been spent to conduct Covid-19 tests, while RM246 million was used to pay MOH frontliners a special Covid-19 allowance, according to MOH.
About 81% of children in Sabah received two doses of the monovalent oral polio vaccine, while 96% received two doses of the bivalent oral polio vaccine.