![]() Subsequently, other clusters appeared from local mass gatherings and imported cases of Malaysians returning from overseas. The ongoing second wave, which commenced on February 27, presented cases in several clusters, the biggest of which was the Sri Petaling Tabligh cluster with an infection rate of 6.5%, and making up 47% of all cases in Malaysia. First wave of 22 cases occurred from January 25 to February 15 with no death and full recovery of all cases. There were two waves of the COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. ![]() The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed over 100 Malaysian lives. In 1999, the Nipah virus outbreak killed 105 Malaysians, while the SARS outbreak of 2003 claimed only 2 lives. 7Center for Toxicology and Health Risk Research (CORE), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaĬOVID-19 pandemic is the greatest communicable disease outbreak to have hit Malaysia since the 1918 Spanish Flu which killed 34,644 people or 1% of the population of the then British Malaya.6Kedah State Health Department, Ministry of Health, Kedah, Malaysia.5Cheras District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.4Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.3Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Malaysia.2Provenue Corporation Sdn Bhd, Subang Jaya, Malaysia. ![]() ![]()
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