Penang bridges the gap, ready to move to next phase

PUTRAJAYA: Penang is set to move to Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) tomorrow after fulfilling three threshold value indicators, including having lowered the number of daily Covid-19 cases.Announcing this, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the average number of daily cases recorded in the state over seven days was 9.5 per 100,000 people, which was lower than the threshold of 12.2 cases per 100,000 people.

Additionally, the percentage of adults in Penang who had received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine was 10.1%.