Chee Herng Lai

Biographic Data

ID7903272
NAMEChee Herng Lai
GIVEN NAMESChee Herng
FAMILY NAMELai
SIGNATURELAI C H
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health
ORCID0000-0002-7032-0363
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Description of the Covid-19 epidemiology in Malaysia

    Open AccessMohamad Nadzmi Md Nadzri, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Md Zamri et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it has spread rapidly across the world and has resulted in recurrent outbreaks. This study aims to describe the COVID-19 epidemiology in terms of COVID-19 cases, deaths, ICU admissions, ventilator requirements, testing, incidence rate, death rate, case fatality rate (CFR) and test positivity rate for each outbreak from the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 till endemicity of COVID-19 in 2022 in Mal…

  • The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia

    Open AccessNuur Hafizah Md Iderus, Sarbhan Singh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transmission dynamics and distribution of dengue. Therefore, this study aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the geographic and demographic distribution of dengue incidence in Malaysia. Methods This study analyzed dengue cases from January 2014 to December 2021 and COVID-19 confirmed cases from January 2020 to December 2021 which was divided into the pre (2014 to 2019)…

  • Prevalence and Determinants of Depressive Symptoms among Young Adolescents in Malaysia

    Open AccessSarbhan Singh, Chee Herng Lai et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Depression is the most common mental health problem affecting adolescents globally, wherein its increasing prevalence together with the negative health impacts escalates the need for further research in this area. This work determined the prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptoms among young adolescents in Malaysia. A total of 1350 adolescent aged 13 to 14 years in school across nine secondary schools in Selangor state, Malaysia …

  • Forecasting Covid-19 Case Trends Using Sarima Models during the Third Wave of Covid-19 in Malaysia

    Open AccessCia Vei Tan, Sarbhan Singh et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    With many countries experiencing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, it is important to forecast disease trends to enable effective planning and implementation of control measures. This study aims to develop Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) models using 593 data points and smoothened case and covariate time-series data to generate a 28-day forecast of COVID-19 case trends during the third wave in Malaysia. SARIMA models were…

  • The Effects of Meteorological Factors on Dengue Cases in Malaysia

    Open AccessSarbhan Singh, Lai Chee Herng et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Dengue is a vector-borne disease affected by meteorological factors and is commonly recorded from ground stations. Data from ground station have limited spatial representation and accuracy, which can be overcome using satellite-based Earth Observation (EO) recordings instead. EO-based meteorological recordings can help to provide a better understanding of the correlations between meteorological variables and dengue cases. This paper aimed to firs…

  • Covid-19 in Malaysia

    Open AccessSumarni Mohd Ghazali, Sarbhan Singh et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    This study aimed to describe the characteristics of COVID-19 cases and close contacts during the first wave of COVID-19 in Malaysia (23 January 2020 to 26 February 2020), and to analyse the reasons why the outbreak did not continue to spread and lessons that can be learnt from this experience. Characteristics of the cases and close contacts, spatial spread, epidemiological link, and timeline of the cases were examined. An extended SEIR model was …