Stage Five Covid-19 patients with poor prognosis at Sibu Hospital, Sarawak, are stepped down from ICU after 28 days when they are no longer considered infectious, even though they still require critical care.
Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says he has yet to receive any official application from the Selangor state government to procure Covid-19 vaccines.
A Sarawak state health department (JKNS) rep has told several medical officers on separate occasions to reach Sarawak by the deadline regardless of the means OR choose to resign from service.
Sarawak recorded about 22 cases per 100,000 population, the highest Covid-19 incidence rate in Malaysia, nearly three times higher than Kuala Lumpur at second highest.