During the first four days of infection, even the gold standard RT-PCR may miss infected cases, 100% on the first day and up to 67% on day 4. The test is most sensitive on Day 5-8.
Amid medical inflation and expensive long-term care, informal and gig economy workers in Malaysia must prepare for age-related medical conditions with adequate retirement savings.
One new cluster in Johor involved cases who travelled to Sabah, while a new cluster in Selangor was discovered in a screening of undocumented immigrants in Klang.
MOH needs to do risk assessment and look at the infectivity rate before saying that a particular place has the potential for coronavirus spread, says Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Several lawmakers across the political divide have resumed their daily lives when they tested negative for Covid-19, a few days after returning from Sabah following the Sept 26 state election.
Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says Malaysia is discussing with other international pharmaceutical companies to obtain a direct supply of a Covid-19 vaccine without having to join COVAX.