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PETALING JAYA: The year-end spike in Covid-19 infections across the country can be attributed to a declining rate of PCOS compliance, according to the Malaysian Academy of Medicine (AMM).
The academy has observed that more and more people are leaving their homes for non-essential travel, indicating the exhaustion of living with restrictions, an AMM spokesperson told FMT.
“We believe that public understanding of the virus and preventive measures is high, but fatigue may have taken hold of them and caused people to let their guard down,” he said.
WMA welcomed the Health Ministry’s call for self-isolation of asymptomatic cases, but the spokesperson said the government must establish a good system for home quarantine before enforcing the rule.
“Global data shows that many asymptomatic cases do not progress to more severe forms of the disease and can be treated at home,” he said.
“As such, if the health ministry decides to transition to a home isolation policy for asymptomatic patients, there must also be a robust monitoring system in place to ensure patient compliance.”
The president of the Malaysian Medical Association, Dr. Subramaniam Muniandy, noted that self-isolation was already practiced in some countries.
“We are fortunate that both mild and severe cases of Covid-19 are being protected in our government hospitals,” he said.
“In some countries in Europe, only cases with severe symptoms are admitted, while those with mild symptoms are told to isolate themselves and recover at home.”
Noting that home quarantine would be suitable only for certain people, Subramaniam said the health ministry should focus on identifying people with pre-existing medical conditions so they can have priority access to hospital treatment.
The occupancy rate in public hospitals is now 81%.
He said he believed Malaysia would likely continue to record a high number of Covid-19 cases in daily tests well into the new year.
This would be due to the mandatory inspection of foreign workers, that is, those in works and factories.
Earlier this week, Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah urged people who had tested positive but were asymptomatic to isolate themselves while they waited for authorities to contact. with them.
He said the ministry was handling a large number of cases in the Klang Valley and that this had caused logistical problems and delays in transporting patients to hospitals.
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