Covid R-naught drops, too early to say we’ve past Omicron peak: KJ

The country’s infectivity rate (R-naught) was at 1.06 yesterday, a 0.02 decrease from the 1.08 reported on Saturday.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a tweet said although the country’s daily R-naught had steadily dropped to 1.05, it is too early to say that Malaysia has gone past the Omicron variant peak even with 96 percent of active cases recovering at home and hospital capacity is under control...