Covid-19: Country not ready for endemic phase, committee finds

Published: Nov 1, 2021 5:00 PM | Updated: Nov 1, 2021 5:09 PM

COVID-19 | Malaysia is not ready to fully transition into an endemic phase of Covid-19 yet.

This is according to a report by the Parliament's Special Select Committee on Health, Science, and Innovation, which was tabled in the Dewan Rakyat today.

"Based on the existing public health parameters, this committee concluded that our country is yet to be ready for a full transition into Covid-19 endemic phase at this juncture before all our recommendations are effectively implemented," the committee said in its summary of the report.

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