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MOH: weekly URTI cases in Sarawak up 1,717→1,752, conjunctivitis 17→21 as haze lingers. Clinics & hospitals on standby for more. 😷

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Malaysia's Health Ministry moves from quick fixes to structural reform: outsourcing cut MRI waits 20%, AV fistula surgery waits 75%. MediAsas insurance next. 🏥

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Sarawak health minister Dr Sim Kui Hian: cut outdoor activity as API tops 200, asthma & COPD patients should use preventive puffers now. Hospitals seeing more haz…

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RSV kills ~100,000 kids under 5 worldwide yearly. Malaysian doctors now debate who gets new RSV vaccines/antibodies first as cost keeps them out of reach for many…

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Haze crisis deepens in Sarawak: Serian's API hit a hazardous 475 today as 324 hotspots burn in Kalimantan. ASEAN activates Alert Level 3. 🌫️

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18 medical stations, 32 ambulances & 250 healthcare staff stood by for Malaysia's National Day parade in Putrajaya today. 🚑

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⛺ 6,000+ scouts from 12 countries are in Penang for a jamboree — organisers set up a haze "war room" with hourly API checks, ready to move kids indoors.

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🌫️ 17 areas across Malaysia recorded unhealthy to hazardous API readings as of 9am Sunday — IPD Serian topped the list at 374, per APIMS.

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