Large number of cases in the Klang Valley causing logistic issues and delays in transporting patients to hospitals.
Individuals who have tested positive for Covid-19 but are asymptomatic would have to self-isolate at home for a few days before being taken to hospitals due to the insufficient number of beds.
Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this is because the ministry is dealing with quadruple-digit cases a day.
“This happened in Sabah too. We are talking about more than 1,000 cases a day. This is because of increased testing among foreign workers and, as expected, more cases are being diagnosed.
“Foreign workers have no place to be isolated in…we have thousands here. We are increasing the number of beds to 10,000,” he was quoted as saying.
In recent days, many patients have complained of long waits for ambulances to pick them up after they had been tested positive. A netizens’ group has, in fact, started a drive to collect names of those who were still waiting for the call from the hospital.
MoH reported 1,196 new Covid-19 cases yesterday.
Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, and Johor all recorded more than 100 new infections.