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Severity Declining                                                                                    Securing Services




               8 Aug 2021: Of the 18,688 cases today, only 5 (0.11%) of the vaccinated were in                       8 Aug 2021: The Deputy Prime Minister checks on services at HTAR Klang Hospital:
               category 5. Sg Buloh Hospital, a designated COVID-19 centre, sees a decline in                          Field hospital: collaboration with MERCY, Malayan Banking Berhad and Malaysian

               admissions aged 60 years and older with severe COVID-19 illness, most likely due to                     Armed Forces (ATM) for 100 patients, especially category 4 needing oxygen
                                                                                                                       assistance,
               vaccinations. Similarly, there are no Category 5 cases among healthcare workers - of                    Repurpose areas for beds: Ambulatory Care Center, Mother and Baby Complex and
               total vaccinated, 1.9% (4,625 cases) developed COVID-19. 99.8% experienced mild or                      Old Quarters of trainee doctors,
               no symptoms.    §    §                                                                                  Decanting: COVID-19 patients to UKM Children’s Specialist Hospital and Disaster
                              Category 5 1.27%                                                                         Management Zone at Tuanku Mizan Army Hospital,
                             Category 4 0.47%
                      Category 3 0.59%                                                                                 Outsourcing: non-COVID-19 medical services to private hospitals.    §    §    §

                                                                        Category 5 0.11%
                                                                   Category 4 0.31%      Category 1 25.70%
                                                                Category 3 1.14%



           Category 2 42.98%
                              Unvaccinated (14,228)
                                                         Category 1 54.69%  Vaccinated (4460)





                                                                 Category 2 72.74%


               Severity category of COVID-19 cases on 8 August 2021 by vaccination status.    §
                                                                                                                      Source: DG
                                                                                                                      Hisham Facebook    §
               8 Aug 2021: A Tribute Anaesthesiologists and ICU staff are lauded as leaders who
               chart the unknown course of the pandemic for the sickest patients whilst they perform
               high risk tasks such as endotracheal intubation, open suctioning and bronchoscopy
               that generate the highest aerosol exposure.    §    §




















                Source: TV3 Malaysia YouTube    §                                                                    Source: DG Hisham Facebook    §
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