Health DG shows infectivity rate on downward trend, now below 1.0


PETALING JAYA: The infectivity rate (R-nought or R0) of Covid-19 in the country has dipped below 1.0 during the first week of the lockdown, recording 0.99 on June 6, down from 1.07 on June 1.

On Twitter, health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah shared data showing that the number of Covid-19 cases recorded daily had significantly reduced, after it peaked at 9,020 on May 29 when the infectivity rate was at 1.16.

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