Health system overloaded, COVID-19 patients without symptoms are advised to undergo quarantine at home
Astro Awani
December 28, 2020 13:16 MYT
December 28, 2020 13:16 MYT
Director-General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah advised those who are positive for COVID-19 but are not asymptomatic or asymptomatic to undergo quarantine at home first. Astro AWANI pic
KUALA LUMPUR: Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah advised those who are positive for COVID-19 but are asymptomatic to undergo quarantine at home first.
This is because they may not be immediately taken to the hospital due to the increase of cases at this time.
"This is also happening in Sabah. We are talking about more than 1,000 cases a day.
"This is due to the increase in testing among foreign workers, and as expected, more cases are diagnosed.
"Foreign workers have no place to be isolated, we have thousands here. We have increased the number of beds to 10,000," he said, quoting a report from the Malay Mail portal, on Monday.
Dr Noor Hisham responded to a complaint from a business owner who claimed that there was no action from the Ministry of Health even though his two employees were positive for COVID-19.
In the meantime, he also asked those who are tested positive to contact their respective district health offices.
The new case of COVID-19 in the country yesterday dropped to 1,196 compared to the previous day's record of 2,335 infections.
Malaysia currently has 20,233 active COVID-19 cases.