Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah from his Facebook post revealed as of today, 12 MOH healthcare workers and 3 from the private healthcare sector have been infected by the COVID-19 virus.
According to him, one of 12 MOH staff is currently in ICU on ventilatory support.
This virus knows no boundaries, regardless of your race, religion or wealth status, even more so if you are a healthcare worker at the frontline of this war.
Our simple message to the public today: Please help us to help you. Stay at home.
Before this, he appealed to the people not to hide information as this could pose a risk to lives and compromise health facilities.
He stressed that it is a crime to hide information.
As of noon yesterday, 110 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, bringing the total of number of positive cases in the country to 900.
Source: Facebook Noor Hisham Abdullah
