REPORTING and monitoring of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients will be done completely on the MySejahtera smartphone app from henceforth.

Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this would entail Home Assessment Tool (HAT) self-reporting, notifications to complete the HAT, notifications to report warning signs, as well as notifications to individuals eligible for the Paxlovid antiviral drug treatment.

He said this is following the termination of the Automated Voice Recording (Robocall) function for those who have yet to respond to HAT questions in the MySejahtera app.

“The Health Ministry (MOH) would like to remind all individuals, especially those who have been confirmed positive to activate the MySejahtera app notification function on their smartphones to ensure that the self-monitoring mechanism is functioning well,” he said in a statement today.

Noor Hisham said virtual monitoring of Covid-19 patients will be continued by the task force at the Covid-19 Assessment Centres and the health clinics’ fever centre, while the state-level Crisis Preparedness and Emergency Response Centre will continue to monitor the coronavirus situation in their respective states.

He said the Home Surveillance and Observation Order and the Release Order would continue to be issued through MySejahtera.

Meanwhile, Noor Hisham said the number of new daily Covid-19 cases in the 52nd Epidemiology Week (EW52/2022) from December 25 to 31 dropped by 36.1% with 3,767 cases, compared to 5,894 cases in EW51/2022.

He said the number of local cases showed a 36.5% decline from 5,880 cases to 3,735 cases, while the number of imported cases rose from 14 to 32 cases.

Noor Hisham said the number of deaths also fell by 29% or 22 cases that week compared with 31 cases previously.

“The average daily active cases for EW52/2022 decreased by 14.7% (14,580 cases to 12,433 cases),” he said, adding that the average infection rate (RT) during the week was 0.79. – Bernama, January 2, 2023.