Increase Covid-19 messaging to encourage boosters, derail misinformation, say experts


KUALA LUMPUR: More than seven months after the World Health Organisation declared the end of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of international concern - albeit not as a global threat - Malaysia and the world are grappling with an increasing number of cases, a trend that is unlikely to end as the world heads into end-of-year festivities.

As of Dec 17, there were 28,375 active cases nationwide, with 3,389 new cases reported on Dec 16.

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