Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin will hold a press conference at 5 PM today (February 7, 2022) to report on the latest outbreak. The public can follow the press conference live on the Ministry of Health’s official Facebook page and other platforms to stay up to date on the latest situation.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia exceeded 10,000 in a single day yesterday, with Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin also announcing that Malaysia has fully entered the epidemic of Omicron coronavirus infection. He also predicted that the number of new cases in a single day would soon exceed more than 15,000.
Based on the SEIR chart shared by the Director-General of Health Noor Hisham, Malaysia will see more than 10,000 new confirmed cases per day in early February, assuming a basic infection index of 1.2. The number of new cases is expected to exceed 15,000 in early March and 20,000 in a single day by the end of the month.
In any case, the severity of confirmed COVID-19 cases can be reduced through widespread vaccine coverage and booster doses. As a result, Khairy recommended everyone get the booster vaccine as soon as possible. He also stated that one million elderly people have yet to obtain COVID-19 booster doses.
