COVID-19 | The Health Ministry has sounded the ominous warning that the nation's healthcare system was reaching a "breaking point" with quarantine centres overwhelmed, contact tracing delayed and a record number of patients in intensive care.

The dire situation described by health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah yesterday was eerily similar to what happened in Sabah in October and November when healthcare workers struggled with long shifts and many Covid-19 positive patients were told to stay at home, unless they were critically ill.

Sabah has suffered the brunt of Covid-19. As of yesterday, the state had reported the most Covid-19 cases in the country and accounted for 54 percent of Malaysia's Covid-19 related deaths...