KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia needs to have less than 1,200 cases a day and fewer than 10 deaths a day for seven consecutive days if it wants to declare that it is in the endemic phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang (GPS-Kanowit).
The Deputy Health Minister said the endemic status also required 30% hospital bed usage rates, less than 10% usage rates at ICUs and for low-risk quarantine and treatment centres to stop operating.
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