One of the largest quarantine and treatment centre (PKRC) at Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (PKRC MAEPS 2.0) will be officially closed on February 8. The centre, which has been in operation for 14 months, released the last group of Covid-19 recovered patients on January 31. Nadma director-general Dr Aminuddin Hassim said it is no longer economical to continue operating the PKRC, considering the operating cost and declining number of patients.
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Dr Aminuddin said that they will not close all PKRC, but only the MAEPS 2.0 Integrated PKRC. “We are committed to ensuring that there is at least one PKRC operating in each state. We will support the Health Ministry as needed,” he added.
A total of 51 PKRCs are operating nationwide, with a bed capacity of 16,863 and 4,061 patients being treated. Minister in the Prime Minister’s department, Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad has agreed to the proposal of closing MAEPS PKRC 2.0.
These centres are in operation since April 16, 2020. Patients with no symptoms or mild symptoms received treatment there. After which it got closed on July 15, 2020. But then again, on December 9, 2020, the government reactivated them after witnessing a surge in cases.
