{"id":162113,"date":"2022-01-26T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=162113"},"modified":"2022-01-26T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T16:35:19","slug":"omicron-wave-has-started-in-malaysia-says-khairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=162113","title":{"rendered":"Omicron wave has started in Malaysia, says Khairy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>By Aisyah Husna<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 27 January 2022:&nbsp;Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said the wave of Omicron COVID-19 variations has begun, and the number of cases is projected to rise, <em>Astro Awani <\/em>reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he claims that the issue is under control since, aside from the high vaccination rate among the population, the health sector is prepared to cope with the crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In Malaysia, the Omicron wave began and the cases will increase, but with high vaccination rates, it will be under control, God willing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The health-care system has been put on high alert. There are fewer cases that are serious. Together, we combat this wave,\u009d he stated via Twitter on Wednesday.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He met with the Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, earlier on Wednesday morning in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss a variety of issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of digital devices to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among others, the discussion also touched on health behavior research collaboration and support for WHO reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a tweet, he continued, &#8220;Among the items covered this morning in Geneva was Malaysia&#8217;s vaccination rate, underlining our ambition in becoming a vaccine hub and doing assurances to keep people healthy rather than only cure the sick.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday (26 January), the country logged 4,744 new COVID-19 instances, bringing the total number of cases to 2,844,969 so far. ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Astro Awani<\/em><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aisyah Husna KUALA LUMPUR, 27 January 2022:&nbsp;Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said the wave of Omicron COVID-19 variations has begun, and the number of cases&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7361,"featured_media":162114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,19,3],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[156,12,7361],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kj.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162150,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162113\/revisions\/162150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}