Updated Covid-19 SOP to be issued soon by Health Ministry


NILAI: The Health Ministry will release details of the revised standard operating procedure (SOP) related to Covid-19 soon, following the country’s transition to the phase of living with the pandemic.

Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the revised SOP would cover the home surveillance order (HSO), use of face masks, and the declaration of local areas of infection.

“As soon as we have the implementation date, the Health director-general will release details to the public.

“The details are technical. For example, the HSO was previously for five days and the need to update symptoms on the MySejahtera app. With the review, this may change.

“It is now an era where we start treating Covid-19 like other viruses such as influenza.

“We used to move from a pandemic to an endemic, now we want to get out of an endemic transition to living with the virus,” he told reporters after opening the Nutrition Month Malaysia 2024 with the theme “Change Mindset to Prevent Diet Related Diseases” here yesterday, Bernama reported.

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