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Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, however, 'No consensus on booster shot'

cautioned that the nationwide Covid-19 situation will get worse whereby
an increase by one thousand to two thousand cases a day is not
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"The latest national Rt value is 1.16 and the number of cases reported
daily is starting to show a more sharp upward trend.

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"We have seen a total of 98 cases of daily deaths due to Covid-19 on May
29. This situation is also likely to continue and it is not impossible to Sabahans urged to get inoculated
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increase further," he said in a joint press conference with Senior Minister
(Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, today.
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Dr Noor Hisham shared that the number of beds in the Intensive Care Unit,
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is declining and likely to run out.

The health ministry, he said has also warned of possible situations where
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potential (poor prognosis).
"This is a di cult situation facing us all, and the ministry would like to call
on all parties to work together to face it now from government to
agencies and the public."

Therefore, he said the ministry welcomes the decision made National

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Security Council over the total lockdown as detailed by Ismail Sabri, citing
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that these were among the actions needed to help break the chain of expire May 31
Covid-19 transmission.

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the country is protected from the various new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 Malaysia goes under full lockdown
again from Tuesday
virus that continue to spread in various countries.

"Restrictions for certain countries were continued, the quarantine period

for passengers arriving from abroad was also extended. This quarantine
period will be extended to 21 days based on the risk assessment
conducted.

"For example, the quarantine period for ve high-risk countries such as

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh is for 21 days. Those
arriving from abroad will be quarantined at quarantine stations that have
been identi ed by the government."

Dr Noor Hisham said the daily new cases yesterday took the cumulative
number of coronavirus infections in the country to 565,533, including
78,017 active cases.

Of the 6,999 cases reported on Sunday, he said 6,995 were local

transmissions (6,385 Malaysians and 610 foreigners), while the remaining
four were imported cases (three Malaysians and a foreigner).

"Selangor continued to record the highest number of cases at 2,477,

followed by Kuala Lumpur (616) and Kelantan (612).

"Sarawak logged 513 cases, followed by Negri Sembilan (468), Johor

(433), Kedah (422), Penang (248), Pahang (239), Terengganu (214), Perak
(212), Melaka (202), Sabah (190), Labuan (133), Putrajaya (13) and Perlis
(seven)."

The ministry, he said also reported 846 patients in the intensive care unit,
with 419 intubated.

He said the country's death toll increased to 2,729 with 79 more fatalities
reported.
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"The number of Covid-19 patients who have recovered and been
discharged from hospitals as of noon today was 5,121, bringing the total
number of recoveries to 484,787."

He also said 17 new clusters were reported on Sunday, raising the total
number of clusters in the country to 2,163, including 635 active clusters.

Meanwhile, he said Covid-19 screening also increased sharply whereby

the average daily test (RT-PCR and RTK-Ag) was only 63,925 tests before
May 14 compared to the average daily test from May 23 to May 29 which
 stood at 91,608 tests (an increase by 30.2 per cent).

"The use of the RTK-Ag helps to detect outbreaks rapidly in large numbers
in addition to the outsourcing of Covid-19 screening tests to private
laboratories."

Dr Noor Hisham said the public should stay at home, frequently wash
their hands, must use face masks and double masking are strongly
encouraged at public areas, along with face shield at high-risk areas.

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