Malaysia's Covid-19 infectivity rate climbs to 1.0

A screenshot from Dr Noor Hisham's Facebook post showing that the R value has hit 1.0 on June 28

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Covid-19 infectivity rate (R value) has gone up to 1.0, signalling a possible rise in cases in the days ahead.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a post on his Facebook page at about 4am Tuesday (June 29) wrote that the country's R value recorded a figure of 1.0 for June 28.