‘This recent infant death will have alarmed parents and those of us working with children. We want to know how we can protect our children better. The clear message is that we cannot protect our children without controlling the pandemic in the community; these two are intricately linked. I would like to offer some suggestions of what we can do in the face of the extensive community spread that is currently occurring in the country.’
- Improve SOPs at schools, taskas, child care facilities
- Strengthen our contact tracing with data transparency
- Advocate for health support to be ramped up with regards to (1) testing (2) use of rapid antigen detection tests (3) boost of manpower at MOH (4) injection of funds at MOH for equipment, PPEs, etc
- Stop poor leadership by example that hampers population compliance
Read here (Malay Mail, Oct 7, 2020)
