Abstract
Introduction: Malaysia was impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic, which affected all the countries in the world. COVID-19 was discovered in Malaysia before the end of January 2020. While in Seremban district, the first case of COVID-19 was reported three months after the first case was reported in China. The National COVID-19 Immunization Program (Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan, or PICK) was launched in early March 2021 in Negeri Sembilan as one of the strategies to curb this outbreak. The primary goals of this research are to describe COVID-19 cases in the Seremban District in 2021 and to identify the status of COVID-19 immunization among population in this district.
Method: The data on sociodemographic, clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases and vaccine coverage were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Then, the relationship between COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates over the study period, as well as the effect on the population, were examined using the epidemic curve. The association of vaccination status with COVID- 19 severity, hospitalization status, and mortality status was calculated using a chi-square test.
Results: In the Seremban District, there were 65,879 confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in 2021. Ages 21 to 30 made up the majority of cases (16,365), with more male cases (58.3%) than female cases (41.7%). Most cases were in the subdistrict of Ampangan (41.7%). The majority of cases were Malaysian. About 53.3% of total cases were symptomatic, with fever (29.6%) and cough (22.8%) being the most frequently noted symptoms. Most cases were mild diseases after vaccination coverage reached 60.0%, while unvaccinated patient had the highest mortality. COVID-19 vaccination status was shown to be significantly associated with hospitalization status (p < 0.001), and mortality status (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated a preliminary understanding of how a high vaccination rate can reduce COVID-19 cases. It is shown that vaccination against COVID-19 decreased hospitalization and mortality in Seremban.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-113,
title = {The Epidemiological Characteristics of COVID-19 and the Impact of Vaccination Coverage in Seremban District in 2021},
author = {Khairul Hafidz Alkhair Khairul Amin and Nur Nadiatul Asyikin Bujang and Siti Aishah Abas and Nadiatul Ima Zulkifli and Syuaib Aiman Amir and Sharina Mohd Shah and Veshny Ganesan and Nurul Fazilah Aziz and Muhammad Adli Jalaluddin and Mohd Shahrol Abd Wahil and Muhamad Hazizi Muhamad H},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-113.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/PKD-Seremban_ePoster-Covid_21072022-4d5e76118e0eda2b83592fb14f3d2fd5.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Malaysia was impacted by the COVID-19 epidemic, which affected all the countries in the world. COVID-19 was discovered in Malaysia before the end of January 2020. While in Seremban district, the first case of COVID-19 was reported three months after the first case was reported in China. The National COVID-19 Immunization Program (Program Imunisasi COVID-19 Kebangsaan, or PICK) was launched in early March 2021 in Negeri Sembilan as one of the strategies to curb this outbreak. The primary goals of this research are to describe COVID-19 cases in the Seremban District in 2021 and to identify the status of COVID-19 immunization among population in this district.
Method: The data on sociodemographic, clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases and vaccine coverage were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Then, the relationship between COVID-19 cases and vaccination rates over the study period, as well as the effect on the population, were examined using the epidemic curve. The association of vaccination status with COVID- 19 severity, hospitalization status, and mortality status was calculated using a chi-square test.
Results: In the Seremban District, there were 65,879 confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in 2021. Ages 21 to 30 made up the majority of cases (16,365), with more male cases (58.3%) than female cases (41.7%). Most cases were in the subdistrict of Ampangan (41.7%). The majority of cases were Malaysian. About 53.3% of total cases were symptomatic, with fever (29.6%) and cough (22.8%) being the most frequently noted symptoms. Most cases were mild diseases after vaccination coverage reached 60.0%, while unvaccinated patient had the highest mortality. COVID-19 vaccination status was shown to be significantly associated with hospitalization status (p \< 0.001), and mortality status (p \< 0.001). Conclusion: This study demonstrated a preliminary understanding of how a high vaccination rate can reduce COVID-19 cases. It is shown that vaccination against COVID-19 decreased hospitalization and mortality in Seremban.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya; Department of Public Health Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi Mara; Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Covid-19, hospitalization, Malaysia, mortality, outbreak, Seremban, vaccination},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}