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PETALING JAYA: Borders need to be tightened to ensure that Covid-19 cases from abroad do not spread to the country, says Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said that some of the countries considered role models in the fight against Covid-19, such as South Korea and New Zealand, were seeing an increase in cases.
“We have to learn what to do and prevent it from happening here,” he said yesterday during a press conference.
In approving the decision to ban long-term pass holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines from entering the country as of September 7, Dr. Noor Hisham said multi-party cooperation was necessary to implement these controls.
He said that South Korea recorded more than 2,600 cases in the last 10 days, Spain recorded 83,000 cases in the same period while India recorded 76,000 cases in just 24 hours.
“Malaysians and citizens of 154 other countries cannot enter Japan. Each country takes its own precautions. We are also taking such action, ”he said.
He said that three days ago, 15 of the 17 new Covid-19 cases were imported cases, 12 of them from India.
Dr. Noor Hisham also said that a new group of Covid-19 was detected in a police dungeon in Lahad Datu, Sabah, with seven positive cases detected so far.
He said that the positive cases in the “Benteng LD” group involved six undocumented immigrants and one Malaysian.
The group was detected as a result of the selection made at closure.
The seven who tested positive did not show any symptoms of illness and were transferred to Lahad Datu Hospital.
The country registered another 14 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, bringing the total number of infections to 9,354.
Five cases were imported, while nine involved local broadcasts.
Dr. Noor Hisham said that 21 patients had recovered in the last 24 hours.
Since the outbreak began, a total of 9,075 patients have been discharged (97% recovery rate).
Currently there are 151 active cases that are being treated in health facilities in the country.
One death was also reported yesterday, with a death toll of 128 or 1.37% of all cases.
Dr Noor Hisham said the death was that of an 80-year-old Malaysian woman who had lung cancer and high blood pressure.
The woman was a case of the Tawar group, which was detected in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia.
Five patients are being treated in intensive care units, three of them with ventilation.
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