{"id":23783,"date":"2021-08-24T17:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=23783"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T09:46:25","slug":"malaysias-covid-19-positivity-rate-is-too-high-the-federal-government-must-conduct-mass-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/malaysias-covid-19-positivity-rate-is-too-high-the-federal-government-must-conduct-mass-screenings\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s Covid-19 positivity rate is too high! The Federal Government MUST conduct mass screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan, Lim Guan Eng in Penang on 24 August 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23791\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lgecovidmasstestings.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>I am saddened by the record number of 28 deaths in Penang on 23 August. The high Covid-19 basic reproduction number (R0 or R naught) for Penang of 1.14 on 23 August compared to the national RO figure of 1.01 is cause for concern. This high RO number foreshadows the rise of infections for Penang will continue unabated and not hit below 1,000 daily cases for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from compliance with preventive SOPs, mass screening tests and vaccination are the only forms of protection available to vulnerable Malaysians, especially those who are not fit and unhealthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">DAP reiterates our call for mass screenings and accelerated vaccinations that dropped nationally below the daily target of 500,000 doses to 396,578 doses on 23 August 2021. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>The government must explain why vaccination has dropped from a high of 531,114 doses on 18 August to less than 400,000 doses now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"in\" dir=\"ltr\">Status Terkini <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>, 23 Ogos 2021 <br>Kes sembuh= 19,053<br>Jumlah kes sembuh= 1,297,723<br>Kes baharu positif= 17,672 (8 import) <br>Jumlah positif= 1,572,765<br>Kes kematian= 174<br>Jumlah kes kematian= 14,342<br>Kes dirawat di ICU= 1,040<br>Bantuan alat pernafasan= 502 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZpwMM3USa\">pic.twitter.com\/qZpwMM3USa<\/a><\/p>\u2014 KKMalaysia\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe (@KKMPutrajaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KKMPutrajaya\/status\/1429762248046563329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a decline in daily infection to 17,236 cases, Malaysia is still stuck in a vicious cycle of community infection with the positivity rate (positive cases out of number of tests conducted) of 14.96% on 23 August, more than three times above the recommended 5% by the World Health Organisation(WHO). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Malaysia Testing Numbers<br><br>23\/8 : 118,158 people tested (14.96%)<\/p>\u2014 Malaysia COVID19 Updates (@malaysia_covid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malaysia_covid\/status\/1429757092378804228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of 118,158 tests done, the positivity rate of 14.96% indicates that there is not enough testing done to reduce the number of infections in accordance with WHO\u2019s recommended large scale implementation of the Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support plus vaccination (FTTIS+V).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positivity rate has risen progressively from 13.11% on 17 August, 13.34% on 18 August, 14.06% on 19 August, 14.5% on 20 August and 14.81% on 21 August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The high positivity rate indicates that the infection rate has shown no signs of receding and is a damning testament of a government that has failed miserably in its goal to contain and eliminate the pandemic.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Flimguaneng.malaysia%2Fposts%2F4862654563764606&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mass screening exercise must be expanded to at least 1% of the population or 320,000 tests daily in Malaysia so that infections can be caught early with isolation and treatment. The WHO recommends FTTIS+V as one the preventive measures against mass outbreaks in the future. Herd immunity should be achieved solely through inoculation, not by both infection and inoculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan, Lim Guan Eng in Penang on 24 August 2021: &nbsp; I am saddened by the record number of 28 deaths in Penang on 23 August. 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