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PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health has established 213 Covid-19 Assessment Centers (CAC) throughout the country to determine which patients can be treated at home.
Forty such centers have been established in Sarawak, 30 in Penang and 25 in Sabah. There are 19 CACs in Selangor and 14 in Kelantan.
They are followed by Terengganu (13), Perlis (11), Kedah (11), Perak (11), Pahang (11), Johor (10), Negeri Sembilan (seven), Melaka (five), Kuala Lumpur (five), Putrajaya (five) and Labuan (one).
“Generally, each district will have one CAC, although some will have two or more depending on the number of patients,” Health Minister Dr. Adham Baba said in a statement.
Adham said CACs would decide whether a Covid-19 patient can be treated at home.
“The CAC will also determine if a patient should be referred to quarantine and treatment centers for patients or low-risk hospitals.”
The establishment of CACs across the country comes just a month after the ministry said it planned to allow those who test positive for Covid-19 to self-quarantine at home in light of the growing number of infections.
Earlier this month, the ministry also said that asymptomatic patients and those with mild Covid-19 symptoms could soon be quarantined at home or even in hotels if they can afford it.
This came after the ministry said that public hospitals were reaching their full capacity to handle Covid-19 cases.
