Khairy: Negri's success in moving to Phase 3 of NRP augurs well for S'gor, KL

TAMPIN (BERNAMA): Proactive efforts by all parties, including healthcare workers, in Negri Sembilan helped the state successfully transition to Phase 3 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), says Khairy Jamaluddin.

The Health Minister also said theses efforts had led to a decrease in Covid-19 cases and a smooth vaccination process.

"The use of Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs), respirators and hospital beds in the state is below 70%.

"In the past month, patients who have been hospitalised due to Covid-19 have decreased from 899 to only 319 individuals.

"It is a decrease of 65% in a month, and the number of daily infections has also dropped, thus showing the early success of the immunisation programme in Negri Sembilan,” he said.

Meanwhile, Khairy said Negri Sembilan would receive 12,000 doses of the single-dose CanSino vaccine in stages - 2,000 doses on Sept 13 and the rest on Sept 27 - for recipients in rural areas and Orang Asli settlements.

Following the state's success in reducing Covid-19 cases, he is also optimistic that similar changes will occur in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in the near future, due to the high vaccination rates in both states, but differentiated by population density.

Khairy said that his ministry would not rush to open more sectors without carrying out a rigorous risk assessment, to ensure the opening of the country was carried out with a more careful and safe approach for the people of the country. - Bernama