All About The New Covid-19 SOPs

Dato Professor Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Universiti Malaya | Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Malaysian Health Coalition

27-Apr-22 18:00

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The Ministry of Health has just announced the relaxation of COVID-19 SOPs, which involves new rules on mask mandates, quarantine protocols, and MySejahtera, among others. First, we delve into these new guidelines, and what they mean for our society and the management of COVID-19. Then, we explore how we compare with other countries in the region in managing this transition to endemicity.

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Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan, Alia Zefri

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Categories: health policy, diseases and conditions

Tags: evening edition, inside story, covid-19, sop, endemicity, face mask, quarantine,

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