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A Call for Prevention Variants & Vaccines
1 May 2021: High Utilisation MOH voices worry over the increase in cases and the 2 May 2021: Variant of Interest (VOI) MOH detects the first case of the Indian variant,
utilisation rate of health resources in Klang Valley - the increasing trend will lead to a with a multiple mutation known as B.1.617.1 through the entry of an Indian citizen on
critical level in healthcare resource use, and a negative impact on the delivery of 10 April, when conducting screening at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
public health services. MOH calls public to join forces to break the transmission chain. § §
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Source: David McKelvey §
Source: MOH Press Statement §
2 May 2021: ICU Part of the Sungai Buloh Hospital Emergency Department's Sold like Hot Cakes All 260,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses are fully reserved by the
observation room is turned into a COVID-19 ICU. These patients are waiting to be public, in just three hours since registration opened at 12 noon yesterday. §
transferred to other hospitals in the Klang Valley. ICU bed occupancy is 90% today. §
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Source: MOSTI Twitter §
Source: DG Hisham Twitter §
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