Consider This: COVID-19 (Part 1) - Why Are People Dying At Home?

Malaysia’s Covid-19 mortality rate increased to 0.86% in the past week -- meaning almost one in every 100 Covid cases in the past week had succumbed to the disease. In just the first 18 days of May, we had 500 reported deaths -- the same number we experienced for the whole of 2020. Are we headed for a “vertical surge” and with what consequences for society and the health system? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Dr Mafeitzeral Mamat, Anaesthetist and Critical Care Consultant at Gleneagles Medini, Johor.