Back to normalcy: Malaysia enters phase of living with Covid-19 virus

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"We are currently in a phase of living with the Covid-19 virus and transitioning towards normalcy," said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad.  Speaking to reporters on Saturday (June 8 ), Dr. Dzulkefly mentioned that this decision was made during a recent post-Cabinet meeting at the Health Ministry.   He advised the public to stay informed about the latest developments of Covid-19 by visiting data.moh.gov.my, which provides updates on the status of the outbreak in the country.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3tx38s29   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Regarding COVID-19, do you think there will be any developments?

00:05COVID-19? The COVID-19 status?

00:07Okay, the COVID-19 status, I haven't mentioned it yet,

00:12especially in my recent post-camp meeting,

00:14the post-camp meeting was in KTM,

00:16we were in the post-camp meeting,

00:18but in the end, we decided that we will,

00:22now, live with the virus.

00:25Today's status, if we,

00:27of course, those who want to ask,

00:29they don't know,

00:30they don't know the current status,

00:34the real-time status.

00:36So, what I want to suggest is

00:39so that the public,

00:44the public,

00:45the public,

00:46try to be the public,

00:48to visit one website,

00:52one website that I am mentioning now,

00:55data.moh.gov.my,

00:59there is a dashboard there,

01:01that all parties can monitor,

01:03real-time, real-time,

01:05happy week,

01:06if there is no happy week,

01:07there is a time for us to monitor the COVID-19 status.

01:12Whatever I want to mention,

01:13we are back to the normal,

01:15you know, as it is,

01:16when you are having a fever,

01:18cough,

01:19URTI or whatever,

01:21when you have a fever,

01:23you quickly get a doctor's consultation,

01:27attend to the doctor,

01:28and then,

01:29attend to a,

01:30seek for,

01:31seek for care,

01:32and if there is a cough,

01:35when you are in the crowd,

01:36always protect others by taking off your mask,

01:39yes,

01:40of course,

01:41you know,

01:42the usual hand-washing,

01:43everything is our,

01:45our second nature,

01:47than normal.

01:48So, these are the,

01:50what I want to say,

01:51so, the answer is simple,

01:52so, we are now back to living with the virus,

01:55virus SARS-CoV-2 is just another virus,

01:57there are other viruses.

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