Page 36 - THE COVID-19 CHRONICLES OF MALAYSIA: Revitalising Recovery

The Manager, National Institutes of Health Ministry of Health Malaysia

As we move into the end of the
year after two years of living
with the pandemic, the

economy has gradually start to
reopen with the increasing
number of vaccinated

population and decreasing
COVID-19 hospitalisation rate.

Despite the improving

situation, research into the
new treatments of COVID-19,

genomic sequencing of
variants, vaccine development,
public sentiment on COVID-19 Source: NIH Collection
and epidemiology of the

disease in collaboration with I hope that everyone can continue to play their part in the new endemic
local and international health phase of COVID-19 to keep the cases at bay so that the need for lockdowns
experts is still going strong as can be avoided and livelihoods preserved.

we continue to prepare to face
new variants or a fresh surge of It is the people, it is the
cases in the future. culture, it is the passion for

I truly thank each and every excellence. These are
NIH colleague who has served elements that make NIH a

as both frontliners and legacy in Malaysia.
"stagehands", working
tirelessly behind the scenes in Dr S Asmaliza Ismail

serving our people during this - Dr. S Asmaliza Ismail Manager
pandemic.
National Institutes of Health
Ministry of Health Malaysia
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