Covid-19: MOH working to ensure Rt doesn’t reach 2.2, says Dr Noor Hisham
Sunday, 11 Oct 2020 10:05 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Ministry of Health is working to ensure that the Covid-19 Rt or R-naught infectivity rate does not reach 2.2, as health facilities may not be able to accommodate the number of patients if it reaches that level, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“So with all the public health control measures in the field, we hope we can reduce the Rt to 0.3 by October 31, and successfully flatten the curve. He said the ministry would therefore continue to intensify public health activities including surveillance, contact detection, testing using antigen Rapid Test Kits and real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction , case isolation and treatment at quarantine centres, besides treatment of low-risk and hospital cases.
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