Invest in healthcare surveillance system to prepare for next pandemic, former health minister urges Putrajaya
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has urged Putrajaya today to invest in a healthcare surveillance system to ensure the Covid-19 pandemic can be managed, as well as to prepare the nation for the next pandemic or endemic.
“Data is ubiquitous, we could only manage this pandemic and future pandemic or endemic only when we have an assemblance of a functional surveillance system,” he said. “The media can also play an important role by clarifying the role of experts in advising governments and in educating themselves on the range of different disciplines involved in the Covid-19 response,” he said.
He said that the MyKad that was introduced in 2001 had the capability to store the health records of individuals in their chips but it was not done.
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