(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Malaysia newly diagnosed in a single day and hit a new high in hopes to speed up vaccination
China News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, July 15 (Reporter Chen Yue) The Ministry of Health of Malaysia reported on the 15th that as of 12 noon that day, the country had newly confirmed 13,215 new cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, setting a record since the outbreak. There have been more than 10,000 confirmed cases in a single day for the third consecutive day. Nur Hisham, director of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, said that through active vaccination, it is hoped that the number of new cases in a single day will be controlled within a thousand by mid-to-late November at the latest.
The health department of Malaysia introduced at a press conference held on the evening of the 15th that there were 110 new deaths in Malaysia that day and a total of 6,613 deaths. So far, there are more than 880,000 confirmed cases in Malaysia, and nearly 110,000 active cases remain.
The neighboring states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and the capital Kuala Lumpur are still areas where the horse epidemic is more severe. The total number of newly confirmed cases in the three places that day accounted for nearly 70% of the new cases in Malaysia. In particular, there were 6,120 newly confirmed cases in Selangor that day, and this number exceeded 6,000 for the first time since the outbreak.
At the press conference, Minister of Health of Malaysia Azam announced a number of measures to speed up vaccination. He said that in places such as Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, and Seremban, the capital of Negeri Sembilan, where the epidemic is relatively severe, the vaccination centers for industrial practitioners will operate 24 hours a day to improve efficiency.
He also announced that in view of the fact that there are still elderly people in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor who have not been vaccinated, elderly people over 60 years old in the two places can go directly to the vaccination center without making an appointment. This measure will continue to be extended to Malaysia.
Horse vaccination has accelerated significantly recently. Data from the agency responsible for vaccination showed that the country received more than 430,000 doses of vaccine on the 14th, a record high, of which more than 150,000 completed the second dose of vaccination. As of the 14th, the total number of vaccine doses in the country was nearly 12.65 million doses, and about 4 million people completed two doses of vaccination, accounting for about one-eighth of the total population of Malaysia.
Nur Hisham pointed out that if only 100,000 people complete the second dose of vaccination every day, then the number of new cases in Malaysia will rise and even reach 20,000 cases a day in September; if 150,000 people complete the vaccination every day With the second dose of vaccination, the country can control the number of new cases to less than 1,000 by November at the latest. (Finish)
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