{"id":9650,"date":"2021-05-25T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9650"},"modified":"2021-05-25T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T08:33:26","slug":"covid-19-we-need-to-prepare-for-the-worst-health-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9650","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: We need to prepare for the worst &#8211; Health DG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 25 &#8212; Health director-general Tan Sri Dr&nbsp;Noor Hisham Abdullah urged the public to prepare for the worst in facing the current COVID-19 wave following an exponential trend indicated by the COVID-19 graph in this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe rise in cases started from April 1 and could trigger a vertical surge. We need to prepare for the worst. Please help us by staying at home. Only together, we can break the chain of infection,\u201d he said in his official Twitter account today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"worst\" class=\"wp-image-7328\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-177x100.jpg 177w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6-800x451.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/e275de9a0888c1dd1b0e3984f5b267e05fc4e615b67e6.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Noor Hisham advised the public to stay at home and comply strictly with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in case of an emergency or attendance at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Malaysia recorded 6,509 new COVID-19 cases and reported its highest daily death toll from the viral infection&nbsp;to date after 61 fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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