24 December 2021
Malaysia can expect a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the next 1 to 3 months but we hope this will be short-lived.
Tag: Covid-19 variant
24 December 2021
“Cloth masks are little more than facial decorations. There’s no place for them in light of Omicron.”
24 December 2021
To impose a deadline of Feb 2022 to get booster shots is certainly unfair.
23 December 2021
Although the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projects nearly 300,000 daily Covid-19 cases in Malaysia by end Jan, hospitalisation and deaths are expected to rise minimally, much lower than the Aug-Sept 2021 height of the epidemic.
22 December 2021
Singapore reported 71 Omicron infections as of Dec 20, including six local cases.
22 December 2021
Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Omicron infection is estimated at between 0% and 20% after two doses, and between 55% and 80% after a booster dose.
16 December 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin says the Act 342 amendment Bill is primarily targeted at repeat offenders and specific cases like the previous Teratai cluster linked to manufacturer Top Glove.
16 December 2021
The 18 probable Omicron cases are unrelated to the imported Omicron infection in an eight-year-old girl who arrived in Malaysia on Dec 5 from Nigeria via a Doha transit.
10 December 2021
The 24-year-old airport employee has no recent history of travel, though she may have interacted with travellers from Omicron-affected countries.
10 December 2021
UK health secretary Sajid Javid says Omicron cases double every 2.5 to 3 days, faster than Delta’s 7 days.