Still not quite there at endemic stage yet

Weathering the pandemic: Members of the public receiving their Covid-19 booster shot at a vaccination centre in Subang Jaya. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: Despite a South African study suggesting that the acute phase of the Omicron surge has passed, Malaysians should not neglect Covid-19 safety measures, say experts.

Their advice came following reports that a hospital in South Africa, the epicentre of the world’s Omicron transmission, found signs that “case and hospital admission rates may decline over the next few weeks”, ushering in an endemic phase.