MOST of the issues regarding contact tracing mobile app MySejahtera were resolved after its ownership was transferred from the National Security Council to the Health Ministry (MOH), Khairy Jamaluddin said today.

“There were many remarks about legacy issues that happened before MOH took over, for example, the original appointment issues,” the health minister told a press conference in Putrajaya today.

“So, what MOH has worked on when MySejahtera was transferred was to ensure that all the issues were resolved, including ownership and data security, and that the app be used as a national public health management tool.”

Khairy was responding after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) earlier today released a report on its findings into the development and procurement of the MySejahtera app.

PAC found that the development and procurement of the app went against government procurement procedures and were irregular.

Besides its findings, PAC also made few recommendations, where it said the government should make MySejahtera a national public health management tool in line with the digitalisation plan for health services.

Khairy said the app is indeed being used as a national public health management tool.

He said the ministry has added more features to the app, including non-Covid-19-related ones.

“In the last few months, I think many non-Covid features have been added, like pledges for organ donation, blood donation, health information and so on,” he said.

“This shows that we have transitioned it as a public health app and it is clear that the PAC report has recommended and endorsed MySejahtera as a public health app.”

He said the improvements will realise the ministry’s mission in moving towards a digitised world, further strengthening the healthcare system. – October 4, 2022.