Covid-19 infectivity dips back below sustained outbreak level

CORONAVIRUS | Covid-19 infectivity in Malaysia has dipped back below levels needed to sustain an outbreak, following the emergence of several large clusters over the past month.

According to Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the daily estimate for the disease’s effective reproduction number (R_t) has dropped below the crucial threshold of 1.00 since Aug 1...