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PUTRAJAYA: With the level of infectivity from the Covid-19 outbreak in Malaysia dropping, the Ministry of Health hopes to flatten the curve in the next three weeks.
Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country’s R0 value, which indicates the level of infectivity of a virus outbreak, has dropped to 1.0 from 2.2 in two weeks.
In the daily Covid-19 briefing here, Dr. Noor Hisham showed the ministry’s projection chart indicating that the number of daily cases should be around 971 if the R0 was at 1.0.
“If the R0 is 1.5 as it was a few days ago, today we would have received 1,621 boxes. But today, there are 1,032 cases. The day before there were 1,054 cases.
“So we are within the 1.0 R0 range, and we remain there. If the daily cases remain around 971, in a week we would have more than 6,000 cases, “he said. Dr Noor Hisham said the ministry aims to flatten the curve and reduce the R0 to 0.5 in the next two to three weeks.
“If we can flatten the curve and reduce the R0 from 2.2 to 1.0 in two weeks, in another two or three weeks it is possible to get to 0.5.
“That is our goal and we believe that we can achieve it if we have the full cooperation of the Malaysians.
“People can help us by staying home if there are no important errands outside. If they have to leave, they must follow our standard operating procedure.
“That is the way to control Covid-19 and break the chain of its infection,” he said.
Previously, Dr. Noor Hisham announced 1,032 new cases, bringing the nation’s total to 35,425.
Sabah, he said, recorded 646 cases or 62.6% of the new cases on Wednesday, while the Klang Valley had 244 or 23.6% of the total.
Active cases in the country have risen to 10,339.
There were 820 patients who were discharged, which means that the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 24,815.
Dr. Noor Hisham also announced eight new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 271.
Seven of the deaths occurred in Sabah, while one was reported in Perak.
There were three import cases involving foreigners who had arrived from Singapore, India and the Philippines.
Dr. Noor Hisham also said that the ministry has detected six new groups of infection, making a total of 143 groups active in the country.
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