At a press conference, Khairy however said that “high risk” individuals including those with Covid-19 and under quarantine are barred from entering these premises.

“The management (of premises) must check the risk status of those entering their premises.”

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However, Khairy said the MySejahtera application was still important for the purpose of reporting an individual’s Covid-19 test results and monitoring home surveillance orders (HSOs), among others.

He said this was needed to assist the ministry in the prevention and control of Covid-19.

Khairy added that MySejahtera, as a public health application, would be improved with new features.

“For a start, the Hotspot Tracker, which was previously used to track hotspot areas of Covid-19 cases, will now be changed to an Infectious Disease Tracker to detect hotspot areas of other diseases, such as rabies, measles, hand, foot and mouth disease and dengue,” he said.

MySejahtera check-ins were implemented as one of the core SOPs in Malaysia not long after the pandemic began in the country.

There had been growing calls for the abolition of its check-in feature, with many arguing that it should be done away with since the country was entering endemicity, while some were worried over privacy concerns.

The MySejahtera app witnessed a reduction of 26% or 6.3 million in the check-in rate since the Public Accounts Committee raised the issue of the app’s ownership last month.

Meanwhile, Khairy added that people were now allowed to enter premises regardless of their vaccination status.

“Individuals who are not allowed to enter premises are those who are Covid-19 positive even though they are fully vaccinated and individuals who are under HSO, including unvaccinated travellers arriving in Malaysia,” he said.

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