STATUS TERKINI KES DISAHKAN COVID-19 YANG TELAH PULIH

Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) ingin memaklumkan bahawa terdapat enam (6) kes yang telah pulih COVID-19 pada hari ini. Jumlah kumulatif kes yang telah pulih sepenuhnya dari COVID-19 adalah sebanyak 9,054 kes (96.9 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan kes).

STATUS TERKINI KES COVID-19 DI MALAYSIA

Sehingga 31 Ogos 2020 pukul 12:00 tengah hari, terdapat enam (6) kes baharu yang telah dilaporkan. Ini menjadikan jumlah kes positif COVID-19 di Malaysia adalah sebanyak 9,340 kes. Oleh itu, jumlah kes aktif dengan kebolehjangkitan COVID-19 adalah 159 kes. Mereka telah diasingkan dan diberi rawatan.

Ingin dimaklumkan daripada enam (6) kes baharu yang dilaporkan, empat (4) kes adalah kes import yang telah mendapat jangkitan di luar negara yang melibatkan negara Singapura iaitu dua (2) warganegara Malaysia dan dua (2) bukan warganegara. Empat (4) kes import ini telah dilaporkan di negeri Selangor.

Dua (2) kes penularan di dalam negara adalah di kalangan warganegara Malaysia dari negeri Kedah iaitu satu (1) kes daripada Kluster Tawar dan satu (1) kes daripada Kluster Telaga.

Sehingga kini, terdapat enam (6) kes positif COVID-19 yang sedang dirawat di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU), di mana empat (4) kes memerlukan bantuan pernafasan.

Daripada maklumat terkini yang dilaporkan ke Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) Kebangsaan, dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa terdapat pertambahan satu (1) kes kematian berkaitan COVID-19. Justeru, jumlah kumulatif kes kematian COVID-19 di Malaysia adalah sebanyak 127 kes (1.36 peratus daripada jumlah keseluruhan kes):

• Kes kematian ke-127 (kes ke-9124) merupakan lelaki warganegara Malaysia berumur 62 tahun dan mempunyai latar belakang penyakit kencing manis dan darah tinggi. Beliau merupakan salah satu kes positif yang telah dilaporkan pada 13 Ogos 2020 dalam Kluster Tawar. Beliau mula mengalami gejala batuk sejak 11 Ogos 2020 dan telah dimasukkan ke Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah pada 13 Ogos 2020 setelah didapati positif COVID-19. Keadaan kesihatan beliau merosot dan memerlukan bantuan pernafasan sejak 19 Ogos 2020. Beliau disahkan meninggal dunia pada 30 Ogos 2020 jam 10.35 malam.

KKM mengucapkan takziah kepada ahli keluarga beliau.

KLUSTER BUNGA

KKM ingin memaklumkan bahawa satu kluster baharu yang terpencil (isolated) telah dikenalpasti melibatkan kakitangan yang bertugas dalam sebuah kapal di Pelabuhan Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Kapal yang terlibat ini mempunyai sejarah perjalanan dari Pelabuhan Singapura. Seramai 34 orang krew kapal yang bertugas dalam kapal ini telah disaring pada 28 Ogos 2020 bagi tujuan sign-in dan sign-off kapal. Daripada jumlah ini:

• Empat (4) kes dikesan positif COVID-19;
• Enam (6) individu adalah negatif; dan
• 24 individu masih menunggu keputusan.

Kes positif COVID-19 kluster ini melibatkan dua orang warganegara Malaysia dan dua (2) orang bukan warganegara. Keempat-empat kes positif ini tidak bergejala dan pada awalnya dikuarantin di sebuah hotel di Selangor. Setelah dikesan positif, mereka dimasukkan ke Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor. Justeru, tidak membawa risiko penularan jangkitan di dalam komuniti kerana ia merupakan kluster import yang terpencil (isolated) di sebuah kapal.

Langkah pencegahan dan kawalan jangkitan seperti proses pembersihan dan nyah kuman telah dijalankan di kapal tersebut. Punca jangkitan masih dalam siasatan.

STATUS TERKINI KLUSTER TAWAR DAN KLUSTER TELAGA

KKM ingin memaklumkan pertambahan kes dalam Kluster Tawar dan Kluster Telaga. Pertambahan kes kedua-dua kluster ini melibatkan negeri Kedah.

1. Kluster Tawar

Terdapat satu (1) kes baharu dilaporkan bagi Kluster Tawar di negeri Kedah, justeru menjadikan jumlah kes dikesan positif COVID-19 dalam kluster ini sebanyak 74 kes. Sehingga 31 Ogos 2020 jam 12 tengah hari, seramai 16,462 orang telah disaring dalam kluster ini. Pecahan saringan mengikut negeri yang terbabit adalah seperti berikut:

1. Kedah (15,917 disaring):
   • 63 kes dikesan positif COVID-19;
   • 12, 597 individu negatif; dan
   • 3,257 individu masih menunggu keputusan.
2. Pulau Pinang (534 disaring):
   • 11 kes dikesan positif COVID-19; dan
   • 523 individu negatif.
3. Perak: Kekal 11 saringan, di mana semua adalah negatif. Tiada saringan baharu.

Daripada jumlah saringan di negeri Kedah (iaitu 15,917 orang), 12,553 orang adalah dari kawasan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan (PKPD) secara pentadbiran yang membabitkan tiga (3) zon iaitu Zon Kenanga, Zon Mawar dan Zon Melur di Amanjaya. Setakat ini tiada kes baharu dilaporkan dalam zon-zon tersebut. Sebanyak 8,084 dilaporkan negatif COVID-19 dan 4,469 masih menunggu keputusan ujian makmal.

• Kluster Telaga

Terdapat satu (1) kes baharu (kes ke-9340) dilaporkan bagi Kluster Telaga di negeri Kedah. Kluster ini mula dilaporkan pada 30 Ogos 2020 dengan dua (2) kes positif melibatkan kakitangan hospital (kes ke-9284 iaitu kes indeks dan kes ke-9334). Namun hasil siasatan lanjut mendapati terdapat dua (2) lagi kes positif COVID-19 yang telah dilaporkan sebelum ini (kes ke-9306 dan kes ke-9291) didapati juga merupakan kontak rapat kepada kes indeks. Ini menjadikan jumlah kes dikesan positif COVID-19 dalam kluster ini sebanyak lima (5) kes. Sehingga 31 Ogos 2020 jam 12 tengah hari, seramai 735 orang telah disaring dalam kluster ini. Daripada jumlah ini:

• Lima (5) kes dikesan positif COVID-19; dan
• 730 individu negatif.

Pengesanan kes secara aktif (Active Case Detection) dan saringan kontak rapat masih diteruskan bagi kedua-dua kluster ini.

.SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI KEBANGSAAN KE-63

Pihak KKM dengan besar hatinya mengucapkan Hari Kebangsaan Ke-63 kepada semua warga Malaysia. Sempena hari yang bersejarah ini juga, KKM ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua pejuang barisan hadapan dan petugas balik tabir yang telah bertungkus lumus berjuang menentang musuh Negara yang kini sedang mengancam dunia, iaitu COVID-19. Semoga kita terus cekal dan bersatu hati, berganding bahu bagi berjuang membebaskan Malaysia daripada sebarang ancaman virus ini dan segala jenis ancaman yang lain. Bersama-samalah kita menjaga ibu pertiwi kita ini.

“Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!”

NASIHAT KESIHATAN BERKAITAN COVID-19

KKM berharap orang ramai agar kekal waspada dan terus patuhi saranan serta nasihat-nasihat kesihatan yang sering ditekankan. Jadikanlah nasihat-nasihat ini satu kebiasaan baharu dalam kehidupan harian:

• Elakkan 3S / 3C : iaitu elakkan kawasan yang sesak (Crowded place), elakkan kawasan yang sempit (Confined space) dan elak sembang atau bertutur dengan jarak yang dekat (Close conversation).

• Amalkan 3W : iaitu kerap mencuci tangan dengan air dan sabun (Wash), memakai alat pelitup muka (facemask) di tempat awam yang telah diwajibkan oleh pihak Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) mulai 1 Ogos 2020 atau jika bergejala (Wear), dan (Warn) iaitu amaran dari KKM yang lebih berkonsep peringatan seperti:

• Elakkan bersalaman / bersentuhan;
  • Amalkan etika batuk dan bersin;
  • Dapatkan rawatan segera jika bergejala;
  • Duduk di rumah dan elakkan kunjung-mengunjung;
  • Lakukan aktiviti disinfeksi dan pembersihan di kawasan yang kerap disentuh.

Patuhlah kepada S.O.P sebagai normal baharu iaitu:

• S : Syarat-syarat seperti yang ditetapkan di bawah Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Pemulihan (PKPP);
• O : Orang yang berisiko tinggi seperti kanak-kanak, bayi, warga emas dan orang kurang upaya (OKU) perlu dilindungi, individu tidak sihat dan bergejala dikehendaki segera menjalani pemeriksaan kesihatan;
• P : Penjarakan fizikal (physical distancing) diamalkan pada setiap masa iaitu sekurang-kurangnya 1 meter.

KKM akan terus memantau perkembangan kejadian jangkitan di dalam negara, dan juga luar negara melalui maklumat yang diperolehi daripada pihak Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO). Orang ramai akan sentiasa dimaklumkan sebarang perkembangan terkini mengenainya. Begitu juga, KKM akan memastikan langkah pencegahan dan kawalan yang sewajarnya adalah dilaksanakan secara berterusan.

Sekian, terima kasih.

TAN SRI DATO’ SERI DR. NOOR HISHAM ABDULLAH

KETUA PENGARAH KESIHATAN MALAYSIA

31 Ogos 2020 @ 5.00 petang.

BILANGAN KES COVID-19 MENGIKUT NEGERI DI MALAYSIA

(SEHINGGA 31 OGOS 2020, JAM 12:00 TENGAH HARI)

*(   ) adalah merujuk kepada kes-kes import

PRESS STATEMENT

MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA

UPDATES ON THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)

SITUATION IN MALAYSIA

31 August 2020

Current Status of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Who Have Recovered

The Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to inform that six (6) cases have fully recovered and discharged today. Cumulatively, 9,054 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been discharged (96.9% of total cumulative cases).

Current Situation of COVID-19 in Malaysia

31 August 2020, 12 pm – a total of six (6) additional confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) MOH today. Cumulatively there are now 9,340 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Therefore, there are currently 159 active and infective COVID-19 cases. They have all been isolated and given treatment.

Of the six (6) additional cases reported today, four (4) are imported cases who were infected overseas, involving two (2) Malaysians and two (2) non-Malaysians, who were travellers from Singapore. All these cases are reported in Selangor.

The two (2) local transmission cases are among Malaysians reported in Kedah, i.e. one (1) case from the Tawar Cluster and one (1) case from the Telaga Cluster.

Currently, six (6) confirmed COVID-19 cases are receiving treatment in the intensive care units (ICUs), with four (4) patients on ventilation support.

Regretfully, one (1) additional COVID-19 death was reported to the National CPRC MOH today. Cumulatively, there are now 127 COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia (1.36% of total cumulative cases):

• Death #127 (Case 9,124) is a 62-year-old Malaysian man with a history of diabetes and hypertension. He was one of the confirmed cases reported on 13 August 2020 from the Tawar Cluster. He started having cough on 11 August 2020 and was admitted into Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Kedah on 13 August 2020 when detected positive for COVID-19. His health condition deteriorated and required ventilation support from 19 August 2020. He was pronounced dead on 30 August 2020 at 10.35 pm.

MOH extends its condolences to his family members.

The Bunga Cluster

MOH would like to inform that a new isolated cluster has been identified involving workers on a ship in Port Dickson Port, Negeri Sembilan. The ship involved has a travel history from the Port of Singapore. A total of 34 ship crews working on this ship were screened on 28 August 2020 for the purpose of ship sign-in and sign-off. Of these:

• Four (4) confirmed COVID-19 cases
• 6 individuals tested negative
• 24 individuals awaiting results

The confirmed COVID-19 cases in this cluster involve two (2) Malaysians and two (2) non-Malaysians. These four (4) confirmed cases were not symptomatic and initially quarantined at a hotel in Selangor. After found to be positive, they were admitted into Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor. Thus, this cluster does not carry the risk of infection transmission in the community because it is an imported and isolated cluster on a ship.

Prevention and control measures such as disinfection and decontamination have been carried out on the ship. The cause of the infection is still under investigation.

Current Status of the Tawar Cluster and the Telaga Cluster

MOH would like to inform of the additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Tawar Cluster and Telaga Cluster. Both additional cases are reported in Kedah.

1. The Tawar Cluster

There is one (1) additional confirmed case reported in the Tawar Cluster in Kedah today; thus, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in this cluster to 74 cases. As of 31 August 2020, 12 pm, a total of 16,462 individuals have been screened in this cluster. The breakdown of screening by states involved is as follows:

1. Kedah (15,917 individuals screened):
   • 63 confirmed COVID-19 cases
   • 12,597 individuals tested negative
   • 3,257 individuals awaiting results
2. Pulau Pinang (534 individuals screened):
   • 11 confirmed COVID-19 cases
   • 523 individuals tested negative
3. Perak: 11 individuals screened, all tested negative. No new screening done.

Of the total screening in Kedah (i.e. 15,917 individuals), a total of 12,553 individuals are from the area of the Administrative Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) involving three zones i.e. Kenanga Zone, Mawar Zone and Melur Zone in Amanjaya. So far, no additional confirmed cases have been reported in those zones. A total of 8,084 individuals tested negative for COVID-19 and 4,469 individuals are awaiting results.

2. The Telaga Cluster

One (1) additional confirmed COVID-19 case (Case 9,340) is reported for the Telaga Cluster in Kedah today. This cluster was first reported on 30 August 2020 with two (2) confirmed cases involving hospital healthcare workers (Case 9,284, the index case; and Case 9,334). However, further investigation found two (2) more confirmed COVID-19 cases that were reported previously (Case 9,306 and Case 9,291) who were also close contacts to the index case. Cumulatively there are now five (5) confirmed COVID-19 cases in this cluster. As of 31 August 2020, 12 pm, a total of 735 individuals have been screened in this cluster. Of these:

• Five (5) confirmed COVID-19 cases
• 730 individuals tested negative

Active case detection and screening of close contacts are still ongoing for these two clusters.

Happy 63^rd National Day

MOH proudly wishes Happy 63^rd National Day to all Malaysians. In conjunction with this historic day, MOH would like to thank all the frontliners and all staff behind the scene who have worked hard to fight against the enemy of the country, the COVID-19 infection, that is now threatening the world. May we continue to be resilient and united, working together to fight to free Malaysia from the threat of this virus and all other threats. Together we will continue to take care of our beloved country.

“Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!”

Health Advisory on COVID-19

MOH advices the public to remain vigilant and continue to follow the recommendations and health advisories that are often emphasised. These advisories must be incorporated as the new normal in our daily life, including:

• Avoid the 3Cs: Avoid Crowded places; Confined spaces; and Close conversations.

• Practice the 3Ws: Wash hands frequently with water and soap; Wearing facemasks is now mandatory in public areas (starting from 1 August 2020 as directed by the National Security Council) or highly recommended if symptomatic; Warn self and others for the following, in line with MOH’s advisories:
  • Avoid shaking hands or touching others
  • Practice good coughing and sneezing etiquette
  • Seek early treatment if symptomatic
  • Stay at home and avoid from visiting others
  • Regularly clean and disinfect commonly touched surfaces in common areas

In addition to the SOPs, continue to adhere to THiS as the new normal:

• T: Terms set under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO)
• Hi: High-risk groups such as children, infants, older adults and the disabled must be protected, and if unwell with symptoms, to seek early treatment
• S: Safe physical distancing is practiced at all times, of at least 1 metre away from others

MOH will continue to monitor the development of the COVID-19 situation, both in the country as well as internationally, based on available information from the World Health Organization (WHO). The public will be continuously updated on the latest information. In addition, MOH will ensure that appropriate preventive and control measures are continuously implemented.

Thank you.

Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah

Director General of Health Malaysia

31 August 2020 @ 5.00 pm

Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Malaysia, by States

(Cumulative, as of 31 August 2020, 12 pm)

*(   ) refers to imported confirmed COVID-19 case