KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it is no longer mandatory for individuals to scan MySejahtera QR codes or have their vaccination status checked before entering any premises or public areas.
This means all individuals, regardless of their vaccination status, are allowed to enter any premises, Khairy said.
But those marked 'high risk' or have been issued a home surveillance order (HSO) after testing positive for Covid-19 are still not permitted to enter public premises. Those issued HSO include newly-arrived travellers who have not yet completed their Covid-19 vaccinations.
“Management of premises should check the MySejahtera risk status of individuals that will enter their premises. MySejahtera is still important for the purpose of, amongst others, reporting the results of the Covid-19 self-test as well as the enforcement of the HSO," Khairy told a media conference on Wednesday as he announced a nationwide relaxation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures.
“It is also important for assisting the MoH to prevent and manage Covid-19 transmission,” he said.
As such, Khairy said individuals are encouraged to activate the MySJ Trace function on MySejahtera for contact tracing purposes.
He also said that in line with Malaysia’s transition to the endemic phase, MySejahtera's Hotspot Tracker function — which was previously used to identify areas with Covid-19 cases — has been changed to Infectious Disease Tracker, which will identify areas with spikes in cases of infectious diseases like rabies, measles, dengue, and the hand, foot and mouth disease or HFMD.
Khairy also announced that the National Security Council’s (MKN) negative list — which details the types of activities banned during the pandemic — will be dropped from May 15.
But while the banned activities will now be allowed, they will still need to follow a set of operation protocols, which are yet to be finalised, he added.