PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), Jan 14 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) expects COVID-19 infections in Malaysia to drop to around 500 to 1,000 cases a day in four weeks, said Health director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said following the implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) from Wednesday to Jan 26, the ministry would be monitoring COVID-19 case data and development in the two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn my opinion, we may not reduce them but we can prevent cases from increasing further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we implement it for four weeks, InsyaAllah we could decrease the number of cases to 1,000 or 500 (a day) if possible,\u201d he said at a media conference on COVID-10 here Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter MCO, we will implement Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) and we are expecting to flatten the curve in May or June,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham with the reimplementation of MCO, the government is putting the country on the right track in the effort to combat the infection outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, if the country is still under CMCO, MOH is projecting the daily new cases to surpass 5,000 by April 12, and to swell to 8,000 cases a day by the end of May, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham said a more drastic approach had to be taken to break the infection chain of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe government has to look into the suitability of the action. The CMCO was imposed from Oct 14 to date but CMCO was no longer effective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham said the Emergency order allowed the Health Ministry (MOH) to work with private hospitals on COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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