KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Hundred days since the movement control order (MCO) took effect on March 18 have seen the country's success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 infection, thus reducing the transmission of the virus in the community.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said to ensure the country fully recovered and successfully undergoes the recovery MCO phase with the new norm, the community must play a bigger role by adhering to all standard operating procedures .
Dr Noor Hisham said the government's drastic actions at that time which restricted the movement of people and closing borders have given the Health Ministry the opportunity to increase the capacity of public health, laboratories, health clinics and hospitals, thus flattening the Covid-19 curve. "On March 18, the total daily testing capacity for the Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction test was just 6,210 tests with the total number of hospital beds and suitable facilities at 4,433 units, 273 beds in the Intensive Care Unit and 626 respiratory aid machines specifically for Covid-19 patients.
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