Health Ministry reiterates need to have more healthcare volunteers to fight Covid-19 in Sabah

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PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has reiterated calls for healthcare volunteers to help the government fight Covid-19 in Sabah, saying that the ministry is in need of more manpower.

He said that in normal situations, the Health Ministry had adequate manpower to deliver its services but this is a time of crisis and Sabah has been recording an alarming number of new cases daily."In normal situations, we have adequate manpower to deliver services but now we are in crisis.

So far, a total of 767 Health Ministry personnel from various categories in Sabah and also from other states had already been mobilised to fight Covid-19 in the state, he said. "This is a war that we are facing, what's for sure is that we must break the chain of Covid-19 transmission in Sabah and in the whole country," he said.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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I really can't Dr, but I will uphold I prayer 🙏 for team 🙏

You need because the cases rise so exponentially due to no full lockdown.

Where’re the backdoor fools after the elections

Well,DG knows how to get volunteers.Volunteers helped b4.Only this time, public is aware DG is 4 MN government,or why that U turn on 14 days quarantine 4 people returning from Sabah, with its disastrous results?So raring support has waned. RakyatJagaRakyat pls think of Sabahans.

Hey Tan Sri, please talk to the pols.

I want but I'm still youngggggggggggggg . May Allah ease everything. Amin

Most of qualified settled overseas and migrated

Until they solve those illegal migrants from those Philippines and Indonesia !!! Shall eliminate this cases !!!

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