The Health Ministry is to distribute as soon as possible several units of medical equipment at the yet-to-open Cyberjaya Hospital to four hospitals in the Klang Valley to treat Covid-19 patients.

Health Minister Dr Adham Baba (above) said the equipment - 42 ventilators, two mobile X-ray machines, one ultrasound unit, and 20 intensive-care beds - would be sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Serdang Hospital, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, and Kuala Lumpur Hospital to treat Covid-19 patients in need of respiratory aid, especially Category Five patients.

“Although there are not many...