Open AccessCOVID-19 Outbreak in Malaysia: Investigation on Fatality Cases
Author(s) -
Friday Zinzendoff Okwonu,
Nor Aishah Ahad,
Pang Yik Siong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of advanced research in applied sciences and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2462-1943
DOI - 10.37934/araset.20.1.110
Subject(s) - outbreak , covid-19 , pandemic , case fatality rate , government (linguistics) , globe , disease , geography , quarantine , socioeconomics , demography , medicine , environmental health , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , sociology , population , linguistics , philosophy , ophthalmology
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of millions across the globe and taken away hundreds of thousands of lives. The spread of COVID-19 due to negligence had caused thousands of confirmed cases in Malaysia. Malaysia Government enforced Movement Control Order as a measure to prevent further outbreak of the disease. This study investigated the current situation of COVID-19 in Malaysia and patients’ demographical connections to the disease. The findings show that COVID-19 attacked males more than females and the elderly of sixty years and above are mostly affected.