CPRC delays in preparing data for daily Covid-19 report



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KUALA LUMPUR: The data working group of the National Center for Crisis Preparedness and Emergency Response (CPRC) has shown that nothing is insurmountable when you are determined.

The team has been tasked with preparing daily reports on the situation of Covid-19 in the country, which they must do in less than four hours, before it is presented by the Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham. Abdullah, at his daily press conference. on the development of Covid-19.

Sharing the challenges the team faces in collecting and processing the data, Dr. Noor Hisham said they would have to analyze the data and translate it into a report that is simple, concise, and easy for ordinary people to understand.

“The daily data is analyzed until noon and the task force has less than four hours to publish the daily report, with the most recent information. May all matters ease InsyaAllah, ”he posted on his Facebook this morning.

In the same post, Dr. Noor Hisham also shared a Facebook post uploaded by a member of the task force, Dr. Mohamad Fadli Khairie, on the role and responsibilities of the team.

According to Dr. Mohamad Fadli, every day at 8 a.m. M., The Director General of Health will convene a meeting between all interested parties in the management of Covid-19 of the Ministry of Health, including medical experts, to discuss current issues, such as details on daily cases, active clusters, the condition in hospitals and health clinics, human resources, as well as steps to take to address problems, if any.

“Our work begins with the receipt of reports and notifications on positive cases reported from midnight to noon of the day.

“All the information we receive will be studied to ensure the accuracy and validity of the data. Each patient is assigned a case number as deidentification to allow data analysis and ensure the confidentiality of patient data, ”wrote Dr. Mohamad Fadli.

He explained that each positive case that is investigated will be identified in terms of its sociodemographic information, the threshold value of the cycle (CT value), the cause of the infection, the type of screening and the risk of transmission to the community.

Apart from that, he said that the connections between the cases will be studied, especially when it comes to other states, in which conversations will be held with the related states and districts to publicize the identified clusters.

“The critical time for us is between 4 pm and 5 pm, which is before the daily press conference on the development of Covid-19 by the Director General of Health … all data must be finalized and verified so there are no mistakes. All processes must be done quickly and accurately.

“It becomes a challenge when the number of daily cases is high, which makes data analysis difficult. Whatever happens, having zero errors and 100% accuracy is always our goal, ”he explained.

Dr Mohamad Fadli said that with the final data, all the cases involved will undergo a geocoding process for classification of municipalities (mukim) and districts that the MySejahtera application team will use for the process of tracking points of access. – Called



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