ALOR SETAR: A total of 6,000 Kedahans have skipped their Covid-19 vaccine appointments, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin revealed, saying it is a worrying trend that needs to be reversed in aiding the state’s recovery.
He said while 20% of the population have yet to register for the MySejahtera contact tracing app, 523 Covid-positive patients were found to have breached their home quarantine last week.
Khairy said 18% of those who flouted the home quarantine order went to supermarkets.
“I’m very worried if the continued flouting of laws and refusal to take the vaccine might hamper efforts in our recovery process,” he said in a short note on Facebook after his working visit here yesterday.
Khairy said he has ordered the state health department to ramp up vaccination efforts and to educate all on the risks of Covid-19 infection, especially among rural folk.
He added that Covid-19 numbers in the state have improved in terms of admissions, ICU bed use and daily case patterns.
Kedah had 809 new cases yesterday, bringing the overall numbers to 125,791. There are, however, 17,920 active cases, with the highest reported in the Kuala Muda district at 4,201, followed by Kota Setar (3,992), and Kulim (3,823). - FMT
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