The 4-year-old needed a liver transplant; Indonesia reported three deaths of children with the unidentified form of hepatitis, while Singapore reported one hospitalised case of an infant.
The situation in the east coast of Sabah is urgent; should any more autoclave machines break down, it will severely cripple the three major hospitals here.
Elective cases have been deferred in specialist hospitals in Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Keningau, and Lahad Datu, while normal wards in most Sabah hospitals are converted to Covid wards.
Khairy Jamaluddin attributes the high number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah to asymptomatic testing; Masidi Manjun says Sabah’s Covid vax rate is higher than officially reported.
MPs ask for a digitised health care system, development of health infrastructure in Sabah, upgrades for public health clinics, and Covid-19 precautionary measures in schools.
Daily Covid-19 fatalities in Sabah dropped 64% from an average 42 deaths on Sept 1 to an average 15 deaths on Sept 15, after MOH sent additional oxygen supply, among other medical resources.