said 28 days is the ministry’s benchmark, as it corresponds to two Covid-19 incubation cycles.
“Using this as a benchmark, if the country has zero cases for 28 days straight, we can declare it Covid-19 free,” said Dr Noor Hisham at the ministry’s daily Covid-19 briefing here on Thursday . New Zealand was declared Covid-19 free after its final patient was discharged. The country had no new cases for 17 days and had one active case for a week.
Meanwhile Cmco till 31 August
For now, let's not be complacent. There might be some who were infected but showing no symptoms. I read there were few new cases after 0 new cases for 20 over days in Hong Kong. Those infected did not travel overseas nor been in contact with Covid19 patients. So just becareful.
KitaJagaKita ..
How to achieve zero cases with the mosque now opening up and more and more Malaysians coming back from overseas.
That’ll be great. But the real issue that can come arohnd is when the borders open and tourists, workers, residents start pouring in. Asymptomatic cases will be the most difficult to detect at airports before and after flights. Hope for the best
I am confident we will be covid 19 free
As a comparison, NZ announced they're free from COVID-19 after 13 days of no new cases and the last remaining patient recovered
WHO said coronavirus Asymptomatic transmission still an open question... Covid19
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