PUTRAJAYA: Senior residents and people with comorbidities are suggested to not journey overseas presently, moreover avoiding crowded public areas, following the current discovery of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Well being Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic) additionally suggested Malaysians wishing to go overseas to at all times adhere to Covid-19 security practices, particularly when heading to nations that had not but reported any cases of the variant, in addition to nations listed as excessive danger.
“In Europe, for instance, it (Covid-19 customary working procedures) is getting fairly relaxed, Malaysians who want to go to international locations are suggested to proceed to stick to the Well being Ministry’s (MOH) recommendation, even when they’re overseas,” he mentioned throughout a press convention on the event of Covid-19 right here on Wednesday (Dec 1).
He additionally reminded everybody within the nation to extend preventive measures and at all times follow TRIIS, which stands for ‘Check, Report, Inform, Isolate and Search’.
Pertaining to the progress of administering the booster dose, Khairy mentioned it was now choosing up tempo.
Nonetheless, Khairy mentioned it was discovered that some senior residents who had obtained the Sinovac vaccine beforehand, didn’t attend their appointments for the booster dose.
“Hopefully, they are going to be capable to obtain the booster dose quickly, particularly with the most recent growth as regards to the Omicron variant,” he mentioned.
Based mostly on knowledge from the Well being Ministry (MOH) by the COVIDNOW web site, the cumulative variety of booster doses administered to this point is 2,457,510.
Khairy mentioned the MOH was additionally within the means of finalising a ‘heightened alert’ system, which was capable of detect early indicators of accelerating Covid-19 circumstances within the nation, moreover updating the Nationwide Covid-19 Testing Technique every so often.
When requested on the Institute of Medical Analysis’s (IMR) findings on the newly found variant, Khairy mentioned the Institute will proceed to obtain knowledge on the genomic sequence from different nations on the variant.
“So, with the genomic sequence, we have been capable of rapidly detect Omicron through the Reverse transcription-polymerase chain response (RT-PCR) take a look at, permitting us to ship a greater analysis,” he added. – Bernama
