He said although there was a significant increase in new Covid-19 cases, the percentage of patients involving Categories 4 and 5 was small.

“The education ministry is committed to ensuring that schools operate in a smooth, orderly and safe manner, by ensuring that all SOPs set continue to be complied with.

“This commitment is made taking into account the smooth running of SPM 2020 in February last year. We also already have complete SOPs for it,” he told reporters after an engagement session with educators and parents at Kota Iskandar today.

He said the situation now was also different, with more than 90% of Form 5 students this year fully vaccinated.

On Covid-19 infections in schools, Radzi said there were cases involving teachers and students in school premises, but the percentage was very small.

“The school cluster is too small, involving only 0.5% of the total number of non-boarding schools, which is more than 10,000 schools nationwide.

“Meanwhile, we will continue to work with the heath ministry to ensure that schools comply with SOPs,” he said.