COVID-19: Complacency Possible Cause Of Case Spike, New Clusters - Health DG

PUTRAJAYA, July 23 (Bernama) -- Complacency, along with non-compliance of government directives and advice, may have led to the recent spike in daily new COVID-19 cases and the emergence of several new clusters. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of late, there had been pictures on social media of individuals placed under Home Surveillance Order (HSO) seen in public areas. Data analysis obtained from the MySejahtera application revealed that from July 7-20, 24.8 percent of those under HSO had not been using the Home Assessment Tool as required, he said. “The Home Assessment Tool is for the individual to carry out daily self-assessment throughout the 14-day home quarantine period. “So far, the number of those returning from abroad who are persons under surveillance required to carry out the HSO is 31,674 people, of which 18,416 have completed the quarantine process,” he said at the COVID-19 media briefing here Thursday.