MOH to carry out risk assessment of Covid-19 infection next month
Published on: Sunday, May 07, 2023
By: Bernama
MUAR: The Health Ministry (MOH) will carry out a risk assessment of the Covid-19 infection situation in the middle of next month following the announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the epidemic is no longer categorised as a global health emergency.
Its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the assessment is necessary to review the declaration of local areas of infection, which will expire on June 30, and to facilitate the government in determining the next direction involving the latest protection measures against Covid-19.
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Although WHO no longer categorised Covid-19 as an international health emergency, she said, the ministry needs to take into account local factors.
“We, at the technical committee, have given our views that we will continue the existing standard operating procedures (SOP) and maintain the local area of infection.
"We want to see the developments because there are still Covid-19 cases, but still under control. We will look at the situation in the country first before adopting WHO's recommendations,” she told a press conference after attending a town hall session on the White Paper on Health for the Southern Zone at the Higher Education Hub, Pagoh here today.
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Yesterday, foreign news agencies reported that the WHO has lifted the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) status for Covid-19, but insists the disease continues to pose a global threat.
