Crowd in Stadium Malawati CAC, over 4,000 Covid-19 positive individuals

By Nizam Zain

SHAH ALAM – Disheartening and terrifying. That is how we feel when we see the crowd of Covid-19 patients in a long queue of over 500 metres, reporting themselves at the Covid-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) at the Malawati Stadium today.

It is heart-wrenching to witness children and babies in the queue and they had to wait under the hot sun since 11.00 am this morning.

MalaysiaGazette found that the public has been lining up since 10.00am and the queue was so long that it reached the parking lot next to the Malawati stadium.

There was only one white tent at the queue to place individuals who had difficulty in breathing or showing serious symptoms of the pandemic.

Most of the visitors were prepared and brought along their suitcase of clothing and other essential items such as pillows and buckets, as if, they knew that they will be sent to the quarantine centre after the health assessment.

MalaysiaGazette also spotted dozens of busses parked along the road carrying thousands of Covid-19 patients to the quarantine centres after they have been assessed by the CAC.

It is shocking to be informed that over 4,000 visitor have visited the CAC at Malawati Stadium between 8.00 am and 12.00 pm today.

According to the healthcare professionals there, the daily capacity of the Malawati Stadium CAC is between 1,200 and 1,500 visitors. The presence of over 4,000 individuals was beyond their capacity.

As the number of visitors increases, the staff on duty at the Malawati Stadium CAC started to distribute food and drinks to the people in the queue at 11.45 am. –MalaysiaGazette

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