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WHO hails Malaysia's handling of COVID-19 outbreak

Mar 27, 2020

The World Health Organisation is pleased with Malaysia’s level of preparedness in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Health Ministry says the WHO is satisfied with the methods we are using - firstly, the Movement Control Order, and secondly, efforts to identify patients for testing, isolation and treatment.

This, as 235 new cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total to 2,031 COVID-19 cases in the country, with a death toll of 23. 

A 12-day-old infant has become the youngest COVID-19 patient in the second wave of the outbreak, while the oldest COVID-19 patient is an 83-year-old. 

The Health Director-General also noted that 50% of the COVID-19 cases came from the cluster of participants who had attended a religious gathering at the Sri Petaling Mosque late last month.

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Govt to develop app to help track COVID-19 patients

The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry says the government will launch a smartphone app that will be able track the contacts of COVID-19 patients in a bid to tackle the outbreak. 

This is after Singapore was regarded as one of the most successful countries in terms of contact tracing, having launched a smartphone app called "Trace Together".

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There is no curfew in the country

The The Communications and Multimedia Ministry says this is among a list of fake news circulating online in light of the Covid-19 outbreak and the resulting Movement Control Order or MCO. 

The Health Ministry has also dismissed claims that Batu Pahat in Johor has been declared a Covid-19 “red zone” for cases. 

Meanwhile, the police have denied they have issued a curfew order from 6pm until 7am, supposedly with directives to arrest anyone who breaks the order. 

Head over to the fact-checking portal Sebenarnya.my to verify the authenticity of coronavirus reports on social media.