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Malaysia Doctors May Have to Decide Who Lives Amid Record Cases

  • Number of ICU beds in Covid hospitals inadequate: Health DG
  • New Covid cases in Malaysia topped a record 9,000 on Saturday

People carry a coffin which holds a Covid-19 victim at a graveyard in Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia, May 26. 

Photographer: Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua /Getty Images

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Malaysia’s worsening outbreak may force doctors to allot intensive care beds to patients with higher chances of recovery amid a record surge in new cases, Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said.