Khairy Jamaluddin says it may be worth doing another round of mass vaccination if there is a Covid-19 vaccine that can prevent infection and provide long-lasting immunity of years.
Khairy Jamaluddin says MOH uses the Virtual Covid Assessment Centre on MySejahtera to refer deteriorating home quarantined Covid-19 cases to hospital, giving patients peace of mind.
Many nations that have good vaccination rates and have lifted restrictions have suffered new waves, showing us how fragile we still are in the face of Covid-19.
Lanang MP Alice Lau says proposed amendments to Act 342 become irrelevant with the relaxation of many Covid restrictions as the country transitions to an endemic phase.
KJ projects possibly 40,000 daily cases, but notes a “decoupling” effect of infection surges from much slower increases of hospitalisations, ICU admissions, ventilated cases, and mortality.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government will not “shut down the country” again, but will instead focus on targeted areas that report a surge in Covid cases.
Khairy Jamaluddin says the Health Ministry is “guided by data, not date”, when asked by the health, science and innovation parliamentary committee on when the targets can be achieved.
The Greater Klang Valley Special Task Force has been “repurposed” into the National Rapid Response Task Force as a standing unit that can deploy resources to Covid-19 outbreaks quickly.
The Dewan Rakyat health, science and innovation committee says the government must first boost ICU capacity, implement an effective testing strategy, and digitise contact tracing.