NSTnation 224 medicalworkers under the Health Ministry tested positive for Covid19 as of yesterday.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said those infected, however, did not treat Covid-19 patients.
Noor Hisham said of the 224, 150 cases or 67 per cent, caught the Covid-19 infection from within the community. He said they have taken steps to evaluate the needs of the frontliners and the adequacy of personal protective equipment ; ensuring all SARI and pneumonia cases were treated as Covid-19 cases until proven otherwise; strengthening triaging where evaluation and isolation of suspected Covid-19 patients were conducted at health facilities and giving face masks.
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