Ministry of Health Malaysia issued a media statement regarding the New Strategies for Mitigating Klang Valley Surge of COVID-19 Cases – media statement as follows:

The Greater Klang Valley Special Task Force (GKVSTF) was established to urgently address the rising number of COVID-19 admissions and burden on the health care system. The task force will focus on the following areas:

1. Clinical Care;
2. COVID-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) and Home Monitoring;
3. Epidemiology;
4. Medical and General Logistics;
5. Frontliner Social Support Systems;
6. Human Resources and Finances; and
7. Strategic Communications.

The following strategies were identified for immediate action.

First, Selayang Hospital will be turned into a full COVID-19 hospital, the fourth of its kind in the Klang Valley, Non-COVID-19 patients at Selayang Hospital will be decanted to private hospitals in the region to increase bed capacity for COVID-19 patients in Categories 3, 4 and 5. ‘Operation Selayang’ is already underway and should complete within the next 48 hours, providing up to 450 beds for COVID-19 care.

To read full media release issued by Ministry of Health Malaysia, please refer here:

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