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PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MINSA) is already looking to the future four months in advance when preparing for a possible increase in Covid-19 infections due to winter weather conditions in various other parts of the world.
Tan Sri Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix), although the country’s infection rate is now under control, developments in other countries, such as what happened in India, Korea, Japan, Spain and France, saw an increase in cases during the cold. Weather conditions must be considered.
“So our concern is that there will be an increase in cases during that period and so we have to make preparations,” he told Bernama when he met after attending the 2020 National Day celebrations at Dataran Pahlawan Negara here today.
At the same time, Dr. Noor Hisham said that a mutation of the Covid-19 virus has made it more infectious and as such urged people to always be on guard and strictly adhere to standard operating procedures (SOPs).
He said that as there is still no proven vaccine in sight, the ministry will continue to implement control measures.
“Through these measures, people must comply with the SOPs while on our part we prepare ourselves in terms of laboratories, clinics and hospitals in which if there is a wave of cases we could control the situation,” he said.
Through its public health system, Malaysia was able to contain the pandemic through early cluster detection, said Dr. Noor Hisham.
“However, we will still need strong cooperation from the people when it comes to breaking the chain of Covid-19 infection,” he said. –Named
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