It has been four months since COVID-19 reached our shores. And in a couple of days, it would have been exactly a month since the Movement Restriction Order (MCO) was enforced in Malaysia. Life as we knew it has changed and everyone is still grappling with this new normal as…
Walking in Patients' Shoes
A systematic review and meta-analysis, which included eight (8) studies of lab-confirmed COVID-19 infections and a total of 46248 infected patients from hospitals in China, has found that underlying disease, including hypertension, respiratory system disease and cardiovascular disease, may be risk factors for severe COVID-19 infection (1). It is crucial…
Over the past few weeks, many countries all over the world have issued stay-at-home or social distancing orders in their effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Although the orders are for everyone, people with vulnerabilities especially those with chronic illnesses (i.e. diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung diseases, cardiovascular…
When the Prime Minister announced the Movement Control Order (MCO) early last week, I thought I was going to be alright considering I have been in a state of constant health threat and mostly home-bound for a long time prior to that. After a few days, I became gradually overwhelmed…
The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Malaysia have more than quadrupled over the past week and is expected to continue increasing exponentially. There are 190 new cases reported yesterday (80% increase over 24 hours), bringing the grand total to 428. Only 42 cases (10%) have fully recovered and discharged…