Page 54 - THE COVID-19 CHRONICLES OF MALAYSIA Embracing Ripples: Coursing Forward

Updates for Incoming Travellers

Shifting The Pandemic Management

24 January 2022: Updated quarantine for travellers Incoming travellers who have
24 January 2022: Malaysia's Direction for COVID-19 Management In the third year of completed COVID-19 vaccination with booster are required to quarantine for 5 days
the pandemic, lockdowns and border controls should no longer be viable options as while those are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are required to quarantine for 10
vaccine vigilance and community empowerment become more crucial in pandemic days. §
management. § §

Source: MOH Facebook §

25 January 2022: WHO Director-General Statement "This Sunday marks 2 years since I
Source: The Star Youtube §
declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern over the spread of
Education #COVID19. At the time, there were fewer than 100 cases and no deaths reported
Institution 60 outside China. On average last week, 100 cases were reported every 3 seconds. And

Related Clusters 50 Somebody lost their life to COVID-19 every 12 seconds" §
Spiral Upward
The number of 40
education
institution Number of education institutions related clusters 30 313.3% Learning to live with COVID cannot mean we give this virus a
related clusters 20 free ride.

soars from 15
(EW-2) to 62 10 It cannot mean that we accept almost 50 thousand deaths a
(EW-3), a more week for a preventable and treatable disease.
than 300% surge. 0 It cannot mean we accept an unexceptable burden on our
§ Wk 2 Wk 3
Epidemiological week health systems.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus §

24