Health DG: SOP compliance, public health response helped country maintain low excess mortality rate during pandemic


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia managed to keep its excess mortality rate low during the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to good compliance to health protocols, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said the low rate could be attributed to the country's good public health response since March 2020.

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