COVID-19: Can we win?
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The MCO has been reinstated. 40 000 active COVID-19 cases still active in this country, 20% of the total cases nationwide. Among them are 707 men, women and children - dead. A year since YPC started reporting on the COVID-19 situation, we seem to have dug a deeper hole than where we were at originally....
COVID-19 VACCINE: Is this the Silver Lining of the Pandemic?
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Malaysia has been hit with the 3rd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and we have recorded more than 100,000 positive cases. Post 1st anniversary since the first recorded case in Wuhan, it is not something to be proud of as we climb higher to the top of the charts *shrugs*. Our country had initially been...
COVID-19 Treatment in MOH Facilities
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Health director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah during press conference on current situation of COVID-19 in our country. Wondering what medicines are being used in our MOH facilities in treating COVID-19 patients despite no specific approved treatment and vaccines for this disease? Recently, our Ministry of Health published a guideline on management of COVID-19 (updated 19th...
Potential use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19: A journey of thought-sharing on MPS-YPC towards worldwide scientific community
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Remember the write-up I wrote about the use of convalescent plasma in COVID-19 a few months back? Fret not, here’s the link for you to catch up about it (if you wish to do so) before indulging the rest of this follow-up article regarding my first ever scientific publication on this topic. How it all...
It’s OK to ‘dit’ on your forehead!
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The new norm of RMCO: Register your arrival by scanning the MySejahtera QR code and have your body temperature checked using a non-contact infrared thermometer (familiar with the ‘dit’ sound? or “dah tembak?” or “dah check”?) before entering any shops or premises in Malaysia. Scanning the QR code serves to facilitate contact tracing in the...
