Malaysia implements mandatory mask-wearing in crowded places from Aug 1

PETALING JAYA - From Saturday , Malaysians will be joining their counterparts in places such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Victoria in Australia where face masks are mandatory in public spaces to stem the tide of Covid-19 infections.

But as cases started to re-emerge following the easing of the movement control order to the recovery phase, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on July 23 announced that face masks would be made compulsory after there was an increase in Covid-19 cases. Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Raj Kumar Maharajah said wearing face masks helps keep the infectivity rate or the R-naught rate under 1.0, which means that the probability of an infected person spreading it to others can be minimised."Wearing face masks could prevent a second wave of the virus," he said.

According to the Health Ministry, there were 25 active clusters as at Wednesday with 10 clusters in Sarawak, four in Kuala Lumpur, five in Selangor, two in Johor and the remaining ones in other states. Dr Noor Hisham pointed out that if non-compliance and public complacency continued, there was a possibility of another wave of transmissions if the R0 exceeded 1.6.

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