Health DG: We're on right track in Covid-19 fight with MCO extension


PUTRAJAYA: With the movement control order (MCO) now extended by two more weeks, Malaysia is on the right track in its effort to reduce the Covid-19 infectivity rate.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that a disease’s infectivity is quantified by a figure called “R0”, which is pronounced “R-Naught”.

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