One health care worker said he constantly faced discrimination from his neighbours as they are concerned that he may carry the virus from the hospital to the neighbourhood.
The core issue that the Ministry needs to address is actually the ‘intake’ criteria, or criteria of selection, when it comes to choosing who gets the permanent position and who gets continued on contract.
The Sarawak state health department will check with federal MOH on whether a report on Sarawak General Hospital’s Covid-19 safety issues can be released to the press.
If a health care worker gets Covid-19 from a colleague, it is not considered an occupational disease, but a community-acquired sickness, says a Universiti Malaya expert.