It's physical distancing now, not social distancing, says Health Ministry


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Health Ministry has announced that the term social distancing used in the standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has now been changed to physical distancing.

The use of the new term refers to the public observing a one-metre distance from each other in the new norm.

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