This rate is significantly higher than countries such as Indonesia (0.17), the US (0.21), the UK (0.32), the European Union (0.52), Thailand (0.79), and Japan (1.04). The nation’s daily rate of vaccines administered per 100 people stood at 1.64 on 18 August 2021. Malaysia’s rapid vaccine rollout began in mid-July and offers a silver lining. Lee expressed concern that many people are attempting to self-medicate using ivermectin, which is unregistered as a covid treatment in Malaysia, with some taking it as a preventive measure instead of getting vaccinated.
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Christopher Lee, the national adviser of infectious diseases at the Ministry of Health, says Malaysia has also been selected to join WHO’s Solidarity trial to evaluate the use of artesunate, infliximab, and imatinib to treat covid-19. “At best, we were averaging 150 000 tests a day and our positivity rate has hovered around 12-15%, which, according to WHO, means that the pandemic has been out of control here since May 2021,” he said.ĭoctors are treating patients with dexamethasone, steroids, anticoagulants, baricitinib, and tocilizumab. Musa added that the country’s failure to increase daily covid-19 testing to the basic minimum (around 250 000 tests a day according to World Health Organization recommended rates) has not helped to tackle the crisis. Musa Mohd Nordin, paediatrician and resident doctor in KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital, told The BMJ that patient-facing staff are “overstretched and overworked” and have “reported physical, occupational, psychological, and socially negative impacts.” The situation has been worsened by insufficient ventilators and staff. 1ĭoctors in east Malaysia and the southern state of Johor told The BMJ that emergency departments are seeing a surge in cases and have reached maximum capacity. Malaysia reported a record high of 22 242 daily cases on 18 August 2021, with a total of 1.47 million cases and 13 302 deaths during the pandemic. Since then, the numbers have only grown, despite the nation being in a state of emergency for seven months and in lockdown since June. On, Malaysia surged past India to record one of South East Asia’s highest covid-19 infection rates, with deaths per capita now exceeding India and neighbouring Indonesia. Having overtaken India in infections and deaths, how will Malaysia exit the new deadly wave sweeping Asia? Rachael Lum reports
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