Original title: Malaysia’s new confirmed cases fell below 10,000 in a single day. The government calls on the need to pay attention to the source of epidemic prevention: China News Network
China News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, October 3 (Reporter Chen Yue) The Ministry of Health of Malaysia reported on the 3rd that as of 12 noon that day, there were 9,066 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in the past 24 hours. This number dropped by more than a thousand cases from the 2nd, and it was less than 10,000 for the first time since July 12. Senior officials of the Ma government called on the people to still pay attention to epidemic prevention.
The number of new cases in all states in Malaysia fell to less than 1,500 that day. Among them, Sarawak, located in eastern Malaysia, has the largest number of new cases, with 1,418 cases; Selangor added 1,000 cases on the same day, while the remaining states remained within 1,000 cases. There were 201 new cases in the capital Kuala Lumpur that day. As of noon on the 3rd, Malaysia has accumulated more than 2.27 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia.
As of October 2, 87.2% of the adult population in Malaysia has completed vaccination. According to the Malaysian government’s plan, once 90% of the adult population has been vaccinated, people will be allowed to travel across states.
Although the vaccination rate has reached a high level and the number of new cases in a single day has increased by more than 20,000 from the peak of this round of the epidemic, there has been a significant drop. Former Prime Minister of Malaysia and current Chairman of the National Resuscitation Council Muhyiddin still reminded the public on the 3rd Epidemic prevention measures need to be maintained.
Muhyiddin posted on social media to emphasize that the new crown virus still exists in the country’s communities, “we need to learn from other countries with high vaccination rates (the cases are still increasing).” He said that the Malaysian government will continue to strengthen the monitoring of the epidemic risk in the open areas, and called on the public to take the initiative to conduct self-risk assessments.
According to Malaysian media reports, Prime Minister Ismail also said in a recent interview with local media that the new crown virus “is still with us” and wearing masks may become a “new culture” in Malaysia that cares about health.
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