Experts: Don’t be too hasty in removing restrictions


PETALING JAYA: The immunity level in the community as well as hospitalisation admissions should be assessed first ahead of plans to relax Covid-19 guidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated, say health experts.

Prof Datuk Dr Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, who is the head of the Independent Covid-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee, said it had always maintained that non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) should remain in place until some degree of immunity level in the population had been demonstrated.

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