When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit Asia, people across the region were quick to wear masks. Adoption has been far slower in the West, however, with England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty among a number of leading health officials to say that wearing them is unnecessary. Yet wearing masks in public hasn't always been an Asian proclivity. It certainly wasn't during the influenza pandemic of 1918, which lasted from January of that year to December 1920, and infected a third of the world's population, or about 500 million people, leading to about 50 million deaths -- about half a million of which were in the United States. Back then, it was the US that led the world in mask wearing, with the measure becoming mandatory there for the first time. History repeated in California: After San Francisco made masks mandatory in public in October 1918, an awareness campaign began. The campaign worked and other Californian cities followed suit, including Santa Cr...
Terima kasih China. Satu majlis penyerahan bekalan perubatan yang sangat diperlukan oleh Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia ini telah di adakan sebentar tadi. TYT Bai Tian, Duta Besar China ke Malaysia menyampaikan bekalan perubatan kepada Menteri Luar, Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein dan disaksikan oleh KP KKM, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
TERKINI: 17 Mac. 120 lagi kes baru dilaporkan di Malaysia menjadikan 673 kes. 95 daripada kes baru itu berkait dengan kes kluster perhimpunan di Sri Petaling. Manakala 7 lagi pesakit telah sembuh menjadikan 49 setakat ini. Dua (2) kematian #COVIDー19 iaitu kes ke-178 dan kes ke-358 dilaporkan di CPRC, hari ini, 17 Mac. 1. Kes ke-178 lelaki warga Malaysia berumur 34 tahun yang pernah hadir perhimpunan tabligh di Sri Petaling. Beliau bergejala mulai 5 Mac 2020 & dirawat di Hospital Permai pada 12 Mac 2020 selepas positif COVID-19. Keadaan beliau merosot dan dimasukkan ke ICU. Beliau disahkan meninggal dunia pada hari ini. 2. Kes ke-358 lelaki warga tempatan 60thn mempunyai sejarah kronik. Mula bergejala pada 7 Mac dan dirawat di Hospital Umum Sarawak pada 14 Mac 2020 setelah positif COVID19. Beliau disahkan meninggal dunia pada hari ini. Kepada Orang ramai, tolong patuhi arahan yang telah dikeluarkan. Jangan keras kepala sana sini jalan. Sumber KKM
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