Now’s not the time to relax SOP, say experts

Next in line: Children accompanied by their parents waiting for their turn to receive a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the World Trade Centre PPV in Kuala Lumpur. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With countries around the world loosening Covid-19 regulations, should Malaysia go down the same road?

That’s an emphatic “no” from health experts who believe that he country must wait at least until the Omicron wave, which has seen numbers hit over 20,000 cases per day, is over.

They warned against doing away with public health measures as the variant is highly transmissible.