PHOTO ESSAY | The Ministry of Health reported 6,806 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, the second day in a row that cases surpassed the figure of 6,000, bringing the total number of cases in the country so far to 492,302.

More than 2,900 cases are from the Klang Valley alone.

The Covid-19 Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) 2.0 at the Malaysia Serdang Agricultural Expo Park (MAEPS) started operating on Dec 9 last year with the admission of 292 non-citizen Covid-19 positive patients into Hall C.

The centre now has five halls, namely Hall A, B, C, D1 and DG, all of which currently house more than 3,800 Covid-19 patients from Category 1, 2, and 3.

Category 1 and 2 patients are asymptomatic patients or have mild symptoms, while Category 3 are those who are symptomatic with pneumonia. Category 4 patients are those who are symptomatic with pneumonia and need oxygen assistance.

The PKRC MAEPS 2.0 has a capacity of 5,869 beds and about 70 percent of the beds are already filled. Faced with a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, the centre is ready to set up more halls to accommodate increased admissions, especially from the Klang Valley.

Malaysiakini's photographer visited the MAEPS PKRC to get an insight into operations at Malaysia's largest quarantine centre. 

New patients arrive at the PKRC 2.0 to undergo quarantine.

Muslim patients perform their prayers together while others rest and wait for their treatment. 

Medical workers discuss as they check patient records. Unlike in hospitals, they wear the green patients' attire for duty in a Yellow Zone. 

A medical worker wearing complete personal protective equipment (PPE) sits as she monitors Category 4 Covid-19 patients who need oxygen assistance.

Hari Raya greeting cards are seen on the glass separating the Red and Yellow Zones. Complete PPE is required before medics can enter a Red Zone. 

Workers check and count the number of oxygen tanks in case the situation worsens at the quarantine centre.

Nurses push their equipment trolley into the newly set up Hall F.

Patients wait to do blood tests at a treatment room inside the quarantine hall.

A category 4 patient is being transported to the transit intensive care unit known as the MAEPS Acute Resuscitation and Isolation Area (Maria).

The MAEPS Acute Resuscitation and Isolation Area (Maria), a negative pressure air bubble tent. Critically ill patients who need respiratory assistance will be stabilised here first, before being readmitted to the hall or taken to Sungai Buloh Hospital for further treatment.


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