The full movement control order (MCO) may have reduced the infectivity rate and the daily number of Covid-19 cases, but it has yet to achieve the government’s target of below 4,000 daily infections for a seven-day average, said Health Minister Dr Adham Baba.

Adham said the country’s R-naught value has fallen below 1, standing at 0.96 nationwide today whereas the daily number of new Covid-19 cases has also decreased lately.

“This is related to the...