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COVID-19 S

MITIGATION
STRATEGY

MCO EMCO
Social quarantine
a total lockdown was enforced
with the assistance of the
police and armed forces.

Lockdown Social distancing
MCO and EMCO
To be apart from each other
at a distance of not <1 m

Epidemic progress Flattening the curve

increasing the implementation of the MCO,
availability of ICU especially phases 1, 2, and
beds, ordering of 3, has clearly managed to
medical ventilators, flatten the epidemic curve
and ordering of
personal protective
equipment

Nur Irdina binti Nor Azhar (TESL B)

STRATEGY

EXIT
STRATEGY

Exit strategy MOH has set SOPs for
Mass Antibody Testing the reopening of the
economic sector and
business

to detect their population
immune response to
COVID-19

Re-Opening WHO announced six
conditions a country
Achieving Herd must acquire before
Immunity lifting a lockdown

Vaccination Malaysia doesn’t want to
allow herd immunity as
the evidence is lacking
that recovered patients
will develop immunity.

Malaysia is willing to
participate in the clinical
trials once the vaccines
is available.

The main virus Detected Mutation of
strain is strain B SARS-CoV-2

Strain A and strain C
were also present

Elderly Infection of
vulnerable
Those with
diabetes chronic diseases COVID-1
hypertension
heart diseases EPIDEMIC PROG

IN MALAYS

Entered it in early October
Highest number of cases
was recorded in Sabah

Several large clusters of cases
have been identified

These clusters are mainly
concentrating in the east of Sabah

NUR NADHIRAH BINT

January 25 to February 15

Close contacts of a Chinese
nationality in Singapore

Malaysian evacuees of humanitarian
aid mission from Wuhan, China

19 People’s travel history
(China, Japan, Italy and Australia)
GRESSION
Local mass gatherings
SIA The Sri Petaling Tabligh Cluster

Second wave A 3-day church gathering in Sarawak

TI SUMADI

Challenges Selecting a suitable range of eviden

The adequacy of designated hospit
manpower and sufficiency of PPE s

Economic impact
Some people did not comply to the

The MOH distributed the national G

COVID-19
IN MALAYSIA

Implemented Movement Control Or

Response M
Developed mobile phone apps M

Upgraded capacity of healthcare fa

Mass Antibody Testing Conducti
Helps to c

Vaccination Calling for cooperat
work together in de

Willing to share faci
Willing to participa

NUR NADHIRAH B

nce-based medications
tal beds, ICU beds, ventilator,
supply

e federally imposed isolation and quarantine

Guideline on Covid-19

rder (MCO) Implementation of border control
Control of public movement
MySejahtera Prohibition of public gathering
MyTrace Promotion of social distancing

Conditional MCO (CMCO), recovery MCO (RMCO)
and Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO)

acilities

ing it randomly in the red zones area
contain the number of sporadic cases

tion with other vaccine-producing countries to
eveloping the COVID-19 vaccine
ilities, data and resources
ate in the clinical trials

BINTI SUMADI

COVID-19 EPIDEMI

First wave Second

January 25 – Februa
February 15 onwa

Imported cases or 2 cases were People wit
of Chinese of local international t
history to China
nationality & close transmission
contacts Italy, Austr

(15/22 cases) Other clusters
mass gather
2 cases ofMalaysian All cases & PUIs trav
evacuees of humanitarian recovered history
aid mission from Wuhan, from the
infection 139 cases f
China 12,672 Malay
who returned

overseas

NURHANIS DAYANA BIN

IC PROGRESSION

d Wave Third Wave

ary 27- October 8-
ards
present
th The Sri Petaling
travel Tabligh Cluster : The number of cases
a, Japan, increased after
ralia 3375 cases
Sabah state election
s : local 3-day church on September 26
rings gathering in
veling Kuching : 176 cases By December 3, the
y & 3 deaths number of cases
increased to
69,095

rom
ysians
d from
s

NTI MUHAMAD RIZA

3 Major Variants Strain
Strain
Strain

Transmission

Vulnerable Elderly (55-6
population Had chronic

Symptoms Severe Bre
Common Or
Fa

Challenges • Adequa
• Adequa
• Burnou

• MOH distr

Response • Enhaced sc
• Mass sampl

• Contact tra

NURHANIS DAYANA BINTI MUHAMAD RIZA

n A : USA & Australia Cough
n B : Malaysia Sneezes
n C : Europe Spitting
Talking
Droplets in the air
Persist on surface for days

65 years old) Diabetes

disease Hypertension
Heart diseases

eathing difficulty Fever
rgan failure Dry cough
atal Tiredness

Runny nose

Sore throat

acy of manpower & sufficiency of PPE supply
acy of designated hospital beds and ventilators
ut & exhaustion among healthcare workers

ributed the national Guideline on COVID 19

creening and interagency collaborations at entry points

lings MySejahtera
acing MyTrace

A

Influenza pandemic Pandemics of
the 20-21st
the Hong Kong Flu
the Asian Flu (Milder Pandemics) century
The most severe was the Spanish Flu

Chinese tourists from Infected 265 Malaysians Nipah Virus COVID-19 Epid
Wuhan via Singapore and killed 105 COVID-19 virus
COVID-19
Was brought by SARS Outbreak EPIDEMIC
PROGRESSION IN
Malaysia citizens who traveled to History of MALAYSIA
high COVID-19-infected countries epidemics in
NURUL AININA B
like Indonesia and Italy Malaysia

Only claimed two lives in Malaysia

Infected 8,098 and killed 774
people globally

MOH encouraged the use of To protect the vulnerable
Pharmacy Value Added Service(VAS) groups

Develop a guideline on Recommendation for the Infection of
COVID-19 Pandemic for Private,Public and NGO vulnerable population

Residential Aged Care Facilitties

Incidence per population rate of COVID-19
was the highest among age group 55 to 64

years in population

Elderly and those who have chronic
disease are vulnerable to COVID-19

3-day gathering in Kuching recorded Local mass gatherings
176 cases and three deaths
Other clusters and case
Hospital cluster that recorded 56 cases of concentrations
which 29 cases were linked to church
gatherings Imported cases of PUIs travelling
from oversea countries
Several areas that have higher
concentrated numbers of cases has been 15 March,the new cases spiked
up,which most of them were
placed under Enhanced Movement linked to the Tabligh cluster
Control Order (EMCO)
The Sri Petaling
PUI from Italy recorded infections Tabligh Cluster
among 63 cases with five deaths
Three major variants in
The Tabligh cluster then lead to another Malaysia : Strain
subclusters in several states A,Strain B,Strain C

MOH Malaysia announced the country to be in Detected Mutation of
Movement Control Order (MCO) SARS-coV-2 in
Malaysia
However,on July 8,only zero active case from
the cluster COVID-19 is caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome
The largest cluster of COVID-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)
that triggered the local

transmission all over the country

Main virus infection in Malaysia
is Strain B

Also reported that variants
strain A (found in Australia

and USA) and strain C
(Europe) are also found in

Malaysia

To be triggered by spike
mutation of the SARS-CoV

from bats

11-12 January 2020 Coronavirus outbreak was
associated to exposures in

a seafood market in Wuhan

Origin of COVID- 7 January 2020 City
19
Chinese authorities identified
a new type of coronavirus

WHO declared the outbreak of

Covid-19 a public health

30 January 2020 emergency of international
concern

demic in Malaysia Most commonly cases

Symptoms Mild cases Fever,dry cough,tiredness

Severe cases Runny nose,sore
throat
Experience breathing
difficulty,organ failure

Imported cases in Transmission of Can be shed through
Malaysia COVID-19 spitting,touching their mouths or
noses and talking
Definition : Infection acquired from
outside Malaysia with reference to the Largely spread via droplets in
travel history of individual case the air and is a respiratory
illness
However,all cases of first wave
recovered from the infection Droplets are typically expelled
when an infected person
The cases were detected coughs or sneezes
when on tracing and
screening SARS-CoV-2 has been found
Most of the cases were imported to persist for many days on
or of Chinese nationality and surfaces
close contacts
First wave of
outbreak Those who
worked,traveled or
Definition of close lived together with a
contacts COVID-19 patient

Second wave Cases spike up China
of outbreak Japan
People who had Australia
international travel history Italy

to

Lahad Datu The largest cluster- District Police
Headquarters which lead to
The most significant numbers several subclusters including
is in Sabah where there are Tawau prison subcluster
several clusters such as :
Number of cases spikes up
Third wave after the Sabah state election
of outbreak
Tawau,Sandakan,
Highest cases are detected at Semporna

Sabah,Selangor,Kuala
Lumpur and Kedah

BINTI MOHD ALIF EMPATI

COVID-19 THREATS AND THREAT
EPIDEMIC IN CHALLENGES HEALTHCA
MALAYSIA
MITIGATION DISEASE CO
STRATEGY
MOVEMEN
NOTE : MIER is Malaysian Institute of OR
Economic Research
ENHANCED
CONTRO

SOCIAL D

EPIDEMIC P

FLATTENING
C

NURUL AININA B

TS TO THE Inadequate number of hospital beds
ARE SYSTEM along with its ICU beds and ventilator

ONTAINMENT Increase in workload of the laboratories
Bolster sampling at health clinics and
NT CONTROL hospitals
RDER
D MOVEMENT Empowering the public health surveillance
OL ORDER system through
DISTANCING
• Implementation of border control
PROGRESSION • Control of public movement

G THE PANDEMIC Specific locations were subjected to
CURVE stricter order

BINTI MOHD ALIF EMPATI To be apart from each other within not
< 1 m as well reducing social interaction

MIER predicted that the active numbers
of COVID-19 cases triggered the
healthcare system

The implementation of MCO during phases
1,2 and 3 managed to flatten the curve









connected to Clusters and
Sri Petaling case concentration
Tabligh event

local wholesale
markets

(Selayang, Selangor,
nothern Kuala Lumpur)

Healthcare workers
(HCWs)

Masjid India
Road

(foreign immigrants)

Self quarantine Standard Operation Cov
/ lockdown Procedure in M
(S.O.P) (respirat
Social distancing
(2 metre) Vulnerable population

Appropriate use
of face mask

Personal hygiene
(wash hand regularly,
hand sanitizer)

Report Covid-19
cases to MOH

Sick people with
symptoms must

undergo
health screening

55-64 elderly
years old

diabetes people with
hypertension chronic disease
heart disease

Origin of Covid-19 Wuhan City,
(Dec 31, 2019) Hubei Province of
China

associated with
exposure in

a seafood market
in Wuhan City

Transmission via droplets in the air

vid-19 expelled when an
Malaysia infected person :
tory illness)
- cough
- sneeze
- spitting
- touch their mouth /

nose
- talking

persist on surfaces

common fever
dry cough
tiredness

mild cases runny nose
sore throat
Symptoms

severe cases breathing difficulty
organ failure
fatal

COVI
in Ma

Epidemic R
Progression
Early resp
First wave Second wave Third wave
(Jan 25, 2020 - (Feb 27,2020 - (Oct 8, 2020 - screening
July 8, 2020) and interagenc
Feb 15, 2020) present) collaborations
entry points
22 cases 5,945 cases (airports, seap
etc.)
Close International Sri Petaling Highest cases
contacts travel history Tabligh The Guideli
of Chinese Cluster Sabah for Covid-1
nationality China (Masjid Jamek Manageme
in Singapore Japan in Sri (8,082) in Malaysia
Italy petaling, by MOH
Malaysian Australia Kuala worsened
evacuees Lumpur) after adequate
Sabah state stockpiling of
of 14,500 election personal protec
humanitarian Malaysians (79% in 2 equipment (PPE
aid mission months) and medication
1,500 oversea needed
from attendees
Wuhan, China
generated
Traveled a number
to high Covid-
of
19 subculters
infected
countries

Italy

Indonesia

ID-19
alaysia

Responses Challenges

ponse Further response Coping ability Selecting a Healthcare Impact on
workers Malaysia's
My Sejahtera of suitable exposed to economy (big
cy & MyTrace apps burnout loss due
at Migitation healthcare range of and to lockdown)
exhaustion
system evidence-

strategy (adequacy of based
- MCO
ports, (border control, ICU beds, medications
public movement ventilators,
ines control, promote manpower,
19 PPE supply)

ent social distancing)

a - Enhanced MCO
(stricter and
enforced with
assistance of
polices and
ctive armed forces)
E)

n - Conditional MCO
- Recovery MCO

Vaccination
(to achieve
herd immunity)

Travel history is the main reason of the outbreak in 1st WAVE of
Malaysia OUTBREAK

Close contacts to a Chinese nationality in Singapore: JAN 25TH – FEB
Traveled to Johor, Malaysia 15TH

Two Malaysian evacuees of humanitarian aid mission
from Wuhan, China

International travel history to other 2nd WAVE of COVID
countries: China, Japan, Italy and OUTBREAK
Australia
FEB 27TH –
Close contacts of confirmed cases who JULY 28TH
attended events:
Meetings, Conventions, Gatherings

The Sri Petaling Tabligh Cluster ORIGIN

- A positive covid-19 case in Brunei had Detected i
attended a tabligh on Decem
3rd WAVE of
- Attendees : 1500 oversea attendees OUTBREAK
across Asia , 14500 Malaysians
Highest number of c
- Screening activity targeted to Islamic Lumpur (2,853) and
educational institutions: Madrasah,
Tahfiz School Mainly concentrating in the

Worsened after the Sabah sta
S

SYMPTOMS COMMON SYMPTOMPS

Fever
Dry cough
Tiredness

D-19 MILD SYMPTOMPS SEVERE CASES

Runny nose Breathing difficulties
Sore throats Organ failure
Fatal
in Wuhan City TRANSMISSION
mber 31st 2019 When someone:
Droplets in Sneezes
the air Spitting
Talking
cases: Sabah (8,082), Selangor (3,357), Kuala Coughs
Kedah (1,940) Touching their
mouths and nose
east of Sabah. SABAH
:
ate election on
September 26th

Nurul syuhrah Aqilah binti jamalluddin (tesl b)

INFECTION OF THE VULNERABLES COVI
Vulnerable Groups
THREATS AND CHALLEN
- The elderly : Age group 55 to 64 years old
- People with chronic diseases: Diabetes, Disease Containment

Hypertension, Heart disease - Enhance screening at
- Contact tracing: reduc
1. Higher risk to Covid-19
doing test that were c
2. Ensure adequate supply of medicine for free
them without being exposed to high-risk - Imposed isolation and
environment with Covid-19 : Hospitals
Threats to the Healthcare S
DETECTED MUTATION of SARS-CoV 2
Mutation in the Virus - The shortage of suppl
Hospital beds and ven
- The virus is more aggressive and
contagious - The scarcity of PPE ha
deaths of the frontline
- Cause severe acute respiratory
syndrome EXIT STRATEGY

Reopening the Country

- SOPs for the reopenin
personal hygiene, use
screening for sick peo

Mass Antibody Testing

- A strategy to detect i

Vaccination

- Best approach to acq
against the virus

ID-19 MITIGATION STRATEGY

NGES Movement Control Order Government

t entry points: airports - Lockdown with social distancing protocol.
cing disease transmission by - During RMCO:
carried out by the MOH for - Educations, religious events, tourism and
d quarantine
System economics were reopened but with strict
ly treatments for Covid-19: standard operating procedures also known as
ntilators. SOP.
ad led to infections and - The international borders are opened only for
ers from Covid-19 infections approved travels.

ng: social distancing, Enhanced Movement Control Order
e face mask, health
ople - Green districts: no active case Within
- Yellow districts: 1-20 cases 14 days
- Orange districts: 21-40 cases
- Red districts: more than 40 cases

Social Distancing

- Reduce the transmission of Covid-19 by
- Avoiding gatherings, work from home

immune response:

quire herd immunity

Nurul syuhrah Aqilah binti jamalluddin

EPIDEMIC PROGR

First wave of Second wave
outbreak of outbreak

• First three cases were • The new cases began to
imported cases and its appear as people who had
defined as infection acquired international travel history to
from outside Malaysia with countries such as
reference to the travel china,Japan,Italy and
history and it was detected Australia started to manifest
after the communication the symptoms

from the Singapore ministry • The Sri Petaling Tabligh
of health which a close cluster
contacts of a Chinese

nationality in Singapore had - It became the largest
travel to Johor cluster of COVID-19 that

triggered local

• On February 15, the number transmission.
of cases increased to 22 - The Ministry Of Healths
cases and no new cases
reported for 11 days.It (MOH) announced a
formed the first wave of movement control order
COVID-19 outbreak. because the number of
daily cases.

Nurul W

RESSION

Other clusters & Third wave outbreak
cases concentrations

• Formed from local mass • Malaysia entered the 3rd wave of
gatherings & imported outbreak in early October with
the highest number of cases
o cases of person under coming from
investigations(PUIs) sabah,Selangor,Kuala Lumpur &
travelling fom oversea kedah.

t countries • The most significant number of
cases was recorded in sabah.The
• In relation to clusters are mainly
concentrating in the east of
clusters,several areas sabah & the largest cluster is
Benteng Lahad Datu clusters at
are reported highly the Lahad Datu District Police
Headquarters including the
concentrated number of tawau prison subculture.

cases had been placed • The number of cases become
worsened after the sabah state
under Enhanced election .

Movement Control Order

(EMCO) to contain the

local transmission rates.

Wafa Atiya

COVID-19 epid

challenge

- They faced a challenge to choose a suitable range of
evidence-based medications to be use in Malaysia

- ICU beds and ventilators are two criticals commodities in
times of crisis

- They also have faced the adequacy of man power &
sufficiency of PPE suply

Nurul

demic in Malaysia

Response

• Movement control order (MCO)
- Social quarantine/lockdown

• Enhanced movement control order (EMCO)
- 7 EMCOs were designated on April 23 whereby a total

lockdown was enforced with the assistance of the police
and armed forces.

• Introduced isolation and quarantine

• Build an apps to keep tracing people who may be exposed
to infected. (MySejahtera & MyTrace)

• Social distancing
- The recommended social distancing for the public is to be

apart from each other at a distance of not less than 1
meter
- To avoid contact with someone who is displaying symptoms
of COVID-19 which include a high temperature and
continuous cough.

• Vaccination.
- Vaccination would be the best approach to acquire herd

immunity against the virus. Malaysia is willing to participate
in the clinical trials once the vaccine is made available.
- Malaysia is considered highly suitable for the human vaccine
trials because Malaysia is a multiracial country.
Wafa Atiya

Progression Of Co

Origin of Covid-19:
Wuhan, Hubei Province (Dec 2019)
Transmission:
droplets in the air, coughs/sneezes, spitting,
Talking, touching mouth/nose
Symptoms:
fever, dry cough, fatigue, breathing difficulty
Second Wave (27/2 onwards):
- international travel history
(China, Japan, Italy, Australia)
- SRI PETALING TABLIGH CLUSTER
- first MCO (8/3)
Third Wave (October onwards):
- highest cases [Sabah, Selangor, KL, Kedah]
- Sabah State Election (26/9)

SITI NORZALIN

ovid-19 in Malaysia

First wave (25/1-15/2):
- imported cases (singapore)
- Malaysian evacuees from Wuhan
- Chinese nationality (most cases)
- Guidelines for COVID-19 Management in
Malaysia (No. 05/2020)

Other Cluster & Case Concentrations:
- local mass gatherings
- church gathering in Kuching
- hospital cluster
- Malaysian students return from IDN
- non-Malaysians (PUIs travellers from IDN,
immigrant workers, asylum seekers)
- HCWs carry high risk
- EMCO (Enhanced MCO)

NA BINTI JAIBIT

Covid-19 in

Threats/ Challenges: - screen
- bolster
- people at high risk - hospita
> the elderly - trainin
> people with chronic disease hotels, f
- PharM
- SARS-COV-2 detection - Recom
> strain B mostly
> straic C also precent Private
- contac
- adequacy of manpower - free te
- sufficiency of PPE supply - MySeja
- people failing to follow - MCO a
- PPE do
MCO/ SOP
- economic struggles private
- difficulty to find the safe - donati
- hire me
medications - achiev

SITI NORZALIN

n Malaysia

Responses/ Containtments/ Solutions:
ning/interagency collabs at entry points
r samplings at health clinics/hospitals
als/laboratories as ‘treating’/ ‘sampling’ centers
ng centers, technical institutes, community colleges,
former National Service Camps as quarantine centers
Macy Value Added Services (VAS)
mmendations for the COVID-19 Pandemic for
e, Public and NGO Residential Aged Care Facilities
ct tracing
ests for EVERYONE
ahtera/MyTrace apps
and EMCO (social distancing, SOP)
onations from local entrepreneurs, businesses,
e companies
ions of isolation gowns, head covers, boot covers
edical staffs on contract
ving herd community through vaccination

NA BINTI JAIBIT

TREE MAP COVID-19 EPIDEM
EPIDEMIC PROGRESSION, CH
INTRODUCTION
COVID-19 P
PANDEMICS OF IN MA
20-21ST CENTURY
FIRST/SEC
1. SPANISH FLU (1918-1919) W
2. ASIAN FLU (1957-1958)
3. HONG KONG FLU (1968) F
JANUARY 25 TO
ORIGIN OF COVID-19
SEC
WUHAN CITY, FEBRUARY 27 T
HUBEI PROVINCE
OF CHINA TH
OCTOBER TO PRE
TRANSMISSION OF
COVID-19 INFEC
VULNERABLE
DROPLETS IN THE AIR
1. ELDE
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DETECTION O
SARS-COV-2

MIC IN MALAYSIA :
HALLENGES AND RESPONSES

PROGRESSION THREATS AND CHALLENGES
ALAYSIA
DISEASE CONTAINMENT
COND/THIRD
WAVE 1. ENHANCED SCREENING
AND INTERAGENCY
FIRST WAVE : COLLABORATIONS AT
O FEBRUARY 15 (22 CASES) ENTRY POINTS (AIRPORTS
COND WAVE : AND SEAPORTS)
TO APRIL 29 (5945 CASES)
HIRD WAVE : 2. ADEQUATE STOCKPILING
ESENT TIME (2041866 CASES) OF PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
(PPE) AND MEDICATIONS
CTION OF NEEDED
E POPULATION
THREATS TO THE
ERLY PEOPLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
ILLNESS PATIENTS

OF MUTATION OF
2 IN MALAYSIA

DOUBLE MEANINGS MAP COVI
EPIDEM
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MOVEMENT EPIDE
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MOVEMENT AN
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SOCIAL CONCLU
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MALAYSIA FACES MOU
EPIDEMIC IN RESPONDING TO TH
PROGRESSION THE LIMITED FACILITI
FLATTENING THE
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EPIDEMIC WITH GO
ASMA BETWEEN GOVERNME

ID-19 EXIT STRATEGY
MIC IN
AYSIA : REOPENING THE
EMIC COUNTRY
ESSION,
ENGES MASS ANTIBODY
ND TESTING
ONSES
ACHIEVING HERD
USION COMMUNITY

UNTING CHALLENGES VACCINATION
HE CRISIS BECAUSE OF
IES BUT MANAGED TO
RST TWO WAVES OF
OOD COOPERATION
ENT AND THE PUBLIC.

COVID-19 Epidemic in Malay

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(January 25 - February 15) (February 27 O

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imported cases. cluster of COVID-19 inf
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• All patients were recovered from July 8.
the infection.
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TAN CHEE TENG TESL B

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people were panicked buying
basic requirements and some increased.
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to their hometowns. carried out t
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and Responses:

of positive cases • MySejahtera and MyTrace apps,

tracing was were introduced.
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e contacts and • Isolation or quarantine were
ed by each case.
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nts.
es on the usage strategies:
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workers.
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armed forces were
implemented.
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with partial opening the
economic sectors and
Recovery MCO (RMCO) with
strict standard operating
procedures (SOPs) were
implemented.

TAN CHEE TENG TESL B