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.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the field hospital, to be equipped with two operating theatres and 108 beds, can treat non-Covid cases that were delayed during the pandemic if Covid-19 cases drop in Tawau.
The health minister says some people in an island off Semporna, Sabah, have successfully received Covid-19 vaccines without a MyKad, equipped with just identity letters from the state government or their village head.
Khairy Jamaluddin committed 2.89 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, as well as oxygen cylinders, modular intensive care units, ambulances, drugs to treat Covid-19, and additional medical officers to Sabah.
The health minister is scheduled to observe Covid-19 vaccination outreach activities in a Semporna island and to visit Tawau Hospital, after visiting Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu and Paper Hospital.
Sabah averaged at about 2,500 new Covid-19 cases and 32 deaths a day over the past week from today; 41%, or 92 of 226 Covid-19 victims, were brought-in-dead.