Malaysia and COVID-19: In Data We Trust.
COVID-19
SARS-Cov-2
non-pharmacological interventions
surveillance
Journal
The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
ISSN: 1394-195X
Titre abrégé: Malays J Med Sci
Pays: Malaysia
ID NLM: 101126308
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
24
11
2020
accepted:
05
12
2020
entrez:
15
1
2021
pubmed:
16
1
2021
medline:
16
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The recent spike of transmissibility of COVID-19 was evident by a large number of COVID-19 cases and apparent quick spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Sabah, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia. The question remains as to what are the main contributory factors for the impending COVID-19 second wave in Malaysia and why the current surveillance system fails to show signs of the impending second - or the third - COVID-19 wave. In public health surveillance, data are the ultimate indicator, and in the era of big data and the Industrial Revolution 4.0, data has become a valuable commodity. The COVID-19 data keeper must fulfil some criteria to ensure COVID-19 data are useful. Researchers are obligated to share their COVID-19 data responsibly. The surveillance for COVID-19 is paramount, and the guidelines such as the one published by the World Health Organization 'Public health surveillance for COVID-19: interim guidance' must be referred to. Data must be taken seriously and shared to enable scientists, clinicians, epidemiologists and public health experts fight COVID-19.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33447129
doi: 10.21315/mjms2020.27.6.1
pii: 01mjms27062020_ed
pmc: PMC7785267
doi:
Types de publication
Editorial
Langues
eng
Pagination
1-6Informations de copyright
© Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest None.
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