A Malaysian study simulated that at a 1.4% vaccination rate (450,000 daily doses administered), 70% contract tracing effectiveness will reduce peak incidence for untraced Covid-19 cases by 70% compared to 30% contact tracing effectiveness.
Yeo Bee Yin tells Khairy Jamaluddin to improve the FTTIS approach, as insufficient testing and inefficient manual contact tracing allows the virus to spread unchecked.
Infectious disease expert Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman also highlights the severe impact of the epidemic on non-Covid patients, like delays in cancer surgery and heart disease treatment.
Staff’s failure to submit their Kajang Hospital entry history from the MySejahtera app will result in non-payment of their on-call and Covid-19 allowance claims, besides disciplinary action.