Tag: Covid-19

29 September 2023

How NCSM Brought Covid-19 Vaccines To Vulnerable Communities

NCSM explains how it went door to door and ran community programmes to administer Covid-19 vaccination to vulnerable communities, including cancer patients, bed-bound individuals, people with intellectual disabilities, migrant workers, and care facility residents.

6 September 2023

World

What Covid-19 Taught Us About Antibiotics Misuse

Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the Covid-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.

4 September 2023

World

BA.2.86 Doesn’t Yet Meet Variant Of Concern Definition: UK HSA

The UK’s HSA has not classified the latest BA.2.86 Covid variant as a “variant of concern” as it does not meet the HSA’s definition; the agency held that there is a wide range of possibilities for growth fitness.

25 August 2023

World

Covid Variant BA.2.86 Detected In Thailand Wastewater: Scientist

A Japan-based scientist says his analysis of wastewater samples from Bangkok, Thailand, collected 3-4 weeks ago were positive for the highly mutated Covid variant BA.2.86. In the last 30 days, Malaysia only shared 7 sequences of SARS-CoV-2 with GISAID.

21 August 2023

World

Scientists Concerned About Highly Mutated Covid Variant BA.2.86

BA.2.86 is causing concern among scientists as the new Covid variant has over 30 mutations, the biggest evolutionary jump and most striking strain since Omicron. BA.2.86 has been reported in the UK, US, Denmark, and Israel in people without travel history.

17 August 2023

Malaysia

Accurate Media Crucial In Combating AIDS: Lessons From Covid-19

MAF chair Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman emphasises the role of the media in the HIV epidemic, citing parallels from Covid vax misinformation in the US that saw higher excess deaths for Republican voters. In Malaysia, the media undermined the PrEP programme.

15 August 2023

Letter

No Data Backing Claim Malaysians Dying At Unprecedented Rates — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Apart from the excess deaths in the third quarter of 2021, Malaysia's Crude Death Rate has virtually returned to figures prior to the pandemic. There's nothing from the most recent DOSM data to suggest that "Malaysians are dying at unprecedented rates".

11 August 2023

World

Consulting For Covid: Outsourced Experts Or Overpaid Temps?

In the absence of any specialist government department to deal with specific emergencies such as Covid, politicians tend to spend big on consultants.

10 August 2023

Malaysia

Covid-Positive Voters Must Be At Polling Station Two Hours Before Closing: MOH

Covid-positive voters must be present at their polling station 2 hours before the end of voting times, according to MOH protocols for the Aug 12 six state elections and Kuala Terengganu poll. Those hospitalised can get discharged at own risk to vote too.

7 July 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha: No Action Over Defective Ventilators From Pharmaniaga, Emergency Procurement Followed Protocol

MOH isn't currently taking action over the supply of defective ventilators from Pharmaniaga during Covid because the emergency procurement followed procedure, says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, adding that MOH is awaiting PAC's report on the matter.

Tag: Covid-19

How NCSM Brought Covid-19 Vaccines To Vulnerable Communities

What Covid-19 Taught Us About Antibiotics Misuse

BA.2.86 Doesn’t Yet Meet Variant Of Concern Definition: UK HSA

Covid Variant BA.2.86 Detected In Thailand Wastewater: Scientist

Scientists Concerned About Highly Mutated Covid Variant BA.2.86

Accurate Media Crucial In Combating AIDS: Lessons From Covid-19

No Data Backing Claim Malaysians Dying At Unprecedented Rates — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Consulting For Covid: Outsourced Experts Or Overpaid Temps?

Covid-Positive Voters Must Be At Polling Station Two Hours Before Closing: MOH

Zaliha: No Action Over Defective Ventilators From Pharmaniaga, Emergency Procurement Followed Protocol

Landmark UN Report Highlights Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition For Drug Offences

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

The Suffering Family Medical Practitioner — Dr Sng Kim Hock