Sabah, Kedah, Kelantan, and Perlis recorded seven-day average positive rates exceeding 20% in the 34th epid week (Aug 22-28); Sabah, Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, and Selangor recorded daily positive rates above 10% from August 15-28.
Of 53,571 workers who tested positive from July 2021 to date, 62% are from the manufacturing sector, 14.5% from services, 13.5% from construction, and 10% from trade.
From Jan 1-Aug 10 this year, Gombak and Hulu Langat recorded 818.5 and 747.8 total Covid-19 deaths per million people, exceeding Selangor’s 611.2 and Malaysia’s 327.4 rates.
The Covid-19 CARE Assist programme also comes with a Corporate Programme, whereby employees are able to report their self-testing to their respective employers.
The Damansara MP says the US, UK, Israel, and Singapore ordered Covid-19 vaccines from April to July last year, whereas Malaysia only signed its first vaccine deal, with COVAX, in November 2020.
The Batu Pahat district health office recently rejected applications by Parit Yaani state assemblyman Aminolhuda Hassan and Yong Peng state assemblywoman Chew Peck Choo to conduct mass RTK antigen screenings.