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KUALA LUMPUR: Approximately 4% of the total number of registered Covid-19 cases were tracked involving those who used the health self-assessment feature on the MySejahtera mobile app, Parliament was informed.
In a written response on November 12, the Health Ministry said there were 23 million users of the app, which is used to track those who came in contact with positive Covid-19 cases, among other functions.
“To date, 4% of the total number of cases has been detected through the self-assessment of health feature in the app.
“The rest were detected indirectly through the app, where a list of vulnerable cases, especially, could be quickly and accurately handed over to officials in authority,” the ministry said in response to a question from Dr. Ong Kian Ming ( PH-Bangi).
However, the exact number of people tracked using the app was not stated, which would include close contacts of positive Covid-19 cases.
Dr. Ong had asked the ministry to reveal the number of Covid-19 cases detected by the MySejahtera application and the warning issued to users who were in places visited by those who had Covid-19.
The Health Ministry said that the MySejahtera app, which was launched on April 20, was to help manage the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia.
“It includes detection of Covid-19 cases through self-assessment, detection of close contacts, dissemination of the most recent and verified Covid-19 information, as well as general health information,” he said.
The ministry explained that MySejahtera initially only had one module, but eight more had been added to meet the ministry’s needs for additional contact information, case location and contacts, quarantine management and quarantine stations.
The Health Ministry noted that the hotspot detector module in MySejahtera displayed the location of current and potential infections.
He noted that the app does not use an active GPS location feature.
“Therefore, this application will not be able to provide automatic notifications or track an individual, as it violates the personal rights of users and contradicts the policy of the ministry,” he said.
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