PETALING JAYA: The capacity of Virtual Covid-19 Assessment Centres (VCAC) to monitor house quarantine circumstances will be elevated in lieu of the spike in infections.
Health deputy director-general (public well being) and National Rapid Response Task Force (RRTF) co-chairman Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheong, in an announcement Friday (Feb 11), stated that at present the VCAC was monitoring 100,000 sufferers, in contrast to the 30,000 circumstances three weeks in the past.
“The Ministry will improve surveillance capacity to 200,000 people by subsequent week.
“While vaccinations should not the exit to this disaster, it has helped forestall worse signs and diminished its impression.
“All states have been ordered to improve vaccination to convey extra give attention to college students and booster photographs,” he stated.
According to the Health Ministry, whereas circumstances have skyrocketed, with 20,939 recorded on Friday, the state of affairs was a lot completely different than final yr.
“As a comparability, on Aug 11, 2021, the nation recorded 20,780 circumstances with 2,928 sufferers warded. Of that, 1,547 had been warded in ICUs and 332 deaths had been recorded.
“On Feb 11 (Friday) circumstances jumped to 20,939 however on the similar time, information reveals that just one,637 circumstances had been warded.
“Of that, 158 circumstances had been warded in ICUs and there have been lower than 10 deaths recorded,” he stated.
He added that the excessive vaccination fee and booster photographs had been key components that contributed to the extra manageable state of affairs.
