PUTRAJAYA – The Education Ministry (MoE) is prepared to implement the necessary standard operating procedures (SOP) should Covid-19 and influenza cases continue to increase significantly.
Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin said the implementation of the protocols, however, will only be made following discussions and guidance from the Health Ministry (MoH).
“With the rise in Covid-19 and influenza case numbers recently, we will make sure to adhere to every safety and health protocol set by MoH so that school sessions can still be carried out in a safe and orderly manner.
“We do have a contingency plan set in place based on what happened in the past two years.
“If the situation continues to worsen, we will activate the SOPs,” Radzi said after officiating the Malaysia Little League 2022 at Taman Pancarona Mini Stadium, here, today.
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu also attended the event – which was a collaboration between both ministries that aimed to develop new talents in the football industry.
Malaysia has seen a rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the 28th epidemiological week (ME 28/2022), from July 10 to 16, by 23.4% to 26,317, from 21,325 cases reported in the previous week.
On influenza-like-illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) surveillance, positive ILI sample rates for Covid-19 jumped by 8.5%, from 10.6% in ME 27 to 11.5% in ME 28, and the positive rate of the SARI samples remained at zero in ME 28. – The Vibes, July 19, 2022
