Malaysia targets zero Covid-19 cases by mid-July

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): Malaysia is targeting zero new cases of Covid-19 by mid-July, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said yesterday.

This, however, depends on the people complying with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the ministry, he said.

“Our projection model shows that in mid-July, so maybe within next month, if we are still complying with the SOPs, we will record zero cases, and that is our mission,” he said in a media briefing yesterday.

Dr Noor Hisham said that based on the projection model used by the ministry, the compliance of Malaysians with the SOPs is satisfactory.

However, the ministry is concerned over the level of compliance by legal immigrants in the country.

“We have identified an exponential surge in new cases previously, from 187 cases, or even 277 cases, that involved illegal immigrants.

“We have solved the problems involving (undocumented immigrants). However our concern now is legal immigrants (who also need to) comply with the SOPs by taking some preventive measures as well as maintain good hygiene,” Dr Noor Hisham said.

He said Covid-19 infections in the country are under control as Malaysia did not record any exponential surge of new cases even after the Aidilfitri period and during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period.

“If there are no exponential surge of cases, that means Malaysians’ compliance with the SOPs is high. So what we should do now is we should balance between life and livelihood.

“To achieve the balance, we are monitoring closely as we have opened some sectors in the country,” he added.

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