Fourth wave a ‘real possibility’


Just jabbed: Khairy (right) speaking with vaccine recipients at Seremban City Council Hall Vaccine Dispensing Centre. — Bernama

SEREMBAN: The National Security Council needs to review its decision to relax Covid-19 mitigation steps, such as allowing Ramadan bazaars to open, following a spike in cases and the emergence of other variants in Malaysia, says Khairy Jamaludin.

Khairy, who is Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, said this was necessary as there was a real possibility of Malaysia being hit by a “fourth wave”.

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