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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cThere have been sleepless nights thinking how we are going to get through this problem, but so far, we can still deal with it,\u201d he said at the media conference on COVID-19 developments here today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham said while participating in a video conference with medical experts in Sabah this morning, he found most of them still in high spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham said health workers must be good at managing rotating work schedules so that they have time to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut sometimes, when there is time to rest, it is not possible to do so, you are up in the middle of the night thinking about how to solve the problems. These are all challenges for all of us whether on the field, frontline or behind the scenes,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the total number of health workers infected with COVID-19, Dr Noor Hisham said so far, 949 health workers had tested positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said most of them were infected in the community and not from COVID-19 wards or the intensive care unit (ICU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is important is that when they are exposed to positive cases, we have to quarantine them within a certain period. The important thing is that they have to comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor example, if they serve in the ICU and COVID-19 wards, they have to comply with the existing SOPs, but many of the infections do not happen in the ICU or COVID-19 ward but from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the two groups most at risk of being infected are family members to positive patients and health workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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