Covid-19: Two quarantine and treatment centres opened in Klang Valley to deal with possible surge

PUTRAJAYA: Two Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres with a capacity of 20 beds each have been opened at the Putrajaya Hospital and Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang as part of preparations to face any possible surge in Covid-19 cases.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, meanwhile, said the Central Region Zone quarantine centres at the Malaysia Agriculture Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) is expected to be closed this month due to the declining number of patients.

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"Some 99.5% of Covid-19 patients now are in categories one, which is asymptomatic and category two or mildly symptomatic, while there is a drop in admissions of patients in categories three, four and five.

"So we are still able to accept patients and make preparations,” he told the media after spending time with healthcare staff at Putrajaya who were on duty on the first day of Hari Raya, here Monday (May 2).

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Dr Noor Hisham said the quarantine centres were set up by the Health Ministry in collaboration with Mercy Malaysia, which provided equipment such as tents to accommodate patients if there was an increase in cases.

MAEPS was activated as a quarantine centre on April 16, 2020, with the intake of Covid-19 patients only involving non-citizen patients in categories one and two. It then closed its doors on July 15 the same year.

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On Dec 9, 2020, the government decided to reactivate MAEPS as a quarantine centre following an increase in Covid-19 cases, and it was upgraded to MAEPS 2.0 on Jan 24 by accepting patients in categories three and four.

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MAEPS 2.0 was officially closed on Feb 8, 2022, and during the 14 months of operation, a total of 166,072 Covid-19 patients were treated there. – Bernama

Amalan tahunan saya selepas Solat Raya Aidil Fitri adalah terus ke Hospital Putrajaya untuk menyantuni anggota kesihatan yg bertugas & melawat pesakit pada hari pertama Syawal. Saya juga berkesempatan untuk ke Institut Kanser Negara bersama warga KKMhttps://t.co/8BCYVAc6kE — Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) May 2, 2022