The Health Ministry (MOH) is of the opinion that the Johor state election can be conducted with standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are less stringent than those applied for the Sarawak and Malacca polls.

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said this was based on studies done by MOH concerning the effects of the Covid-19 Omicron variant on public health and the fact that the country achieved a high vaccination rate...