27 April 2022
Former Health Minister Dr Dzul says the government must come clean on MySejahtera, though he thinks Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin may have been a victim of circumstance.
Tag: contact tracing
14 April 2022
MOH is discussing with the Communications and Multimedia Ministry on whether to ensure MySejahtera’s “total compliance” to PDPA or to include a clause stating “subject to PDPA”.
24 March 2022
The Health Ministry no longer does manual contact tracing through positive cases’ contact history investigations, but currently relies on MySejahtera check-ins and MySJ Trace.
14 March 2022
A total of 5.97 million MySejahtera users have activated the MySJ Trace function.
1 March 2022
Casual contacts only need to self-test for Covid-19 if they develop symptoms; they don’t have to quarantine.
17 February 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin will also announce next week a new isolation protocol for Covid-19 close contacts among the general public.
20 January 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin also suggests doing away with the logbook provided at public premises for patrons to record their details upon entry, as MOH does not use it for contact tracing.
28 December 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin says MySJ Trace will not result in a pingdemic like in the UK, as casual contacts picked up via Bluetooth only need to self-test once for Covid-19 without having to quarantine.
26 November 2021
MOSTI initially intended to use telecommunication data for contact tracing, but was flagged by MCMC as this required amendments to the PDPA.
2 November 2021
MOSTI moots Bluetooth tech for MySejahtera to identify close contacts and a new self-quarantine app with geofencing tech — which may be piloted in the Greater Klang Valley this month — that will sound an alarm if Covid-19 cases step outside their home.