KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is mulling to implement containment measures in an event where an area records a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said although the measures, similar to the circuit breaker measure in Singapore to curb infections, have yet to be finalised, they were expected to be implemented as Malaysia transitions into the pre-endemic phase.
"Since it would affect the socio-economic activities and people's mental health, the containment measures would be implemented over a short period of time.
"What's important is that we want to avoid a full-scale lockdown or movement restriction across the country, but there must be a quick circuit breaker to stop the outbreak of infection," he said in his winding-up speech on the motion of thanks to the Royal Address in Parliament today.