Suggested criteria for relaxation: fully vaccinated rate ≥70% of the total population; total critical care bed occupancy rate for Covid-19 of ≤90%; total daily new cases ≤4000 with share of positive tests ≤5%.
The Sarawak state health department cautions that a minority of fully vaccinated individuals can still get infected, albeit with mild symptoms, and have the potential to transmit the virus.
Amirudin Shari also says he is working with Khairy Jamaluddin on enabling stateless people or undocumented foreign workers in Selangor to register for Covid-19 vaccination.
The Malaysian Society for Occupational Safety and Health highlights increasing Covid-19 cases in Penang, Perak, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, and Sabah, amid poor vaccination coverage.
Malaysia’s 21% vaccine breakthrough infection rate (including among partially inoculated people) is much higher than the UK (12.5%) and US (0.2%-5.9%) among the fully vaccinated.