KUALA LUMPUR – The success of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme has ensured that almost 98% of Covid-19 cases presented only mild symptoms, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
In a Twitter post today, he said that, in the current transition to endemic phase, these cases required only self-isolation at home without being referred to hospitals.
“A total of 97.6% of Covid-19 patients underwent quarantine at home, 0.2% at Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres, 2% in hospitals, 0.1% in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) without using ventilators and 0.1% in ICU with use of ventilators,” he said.
According to Khairy, monitoring by the Virtual Covid-19 Assessment Centre was conducted through the MySejahtera application, which required patients to fill in the health assessment tool (HAT) twice a day regarding their symptoms.
More than 70% of Covid-19 cases at home used the HAT every day and this data was used to identify cases which deteriorated and needed to be referred to hospitals, he added.
If the HAT data of COVID-19 patients showed sharp deterioration, a notification would be sent offering patients the option of going to a health facility.
Malaysia recorded 11,994 positive cases of Covid-19 yesterday (April 7), with 11,904 cases or 99.25% in Categories 1 and 2 with mild symptoms, while 90 cases or 0.75% were in Categories 3, 4 and 5. – Bernama, April 8, 2022
