The government is monitoring the “decoupling” between Covid-19 cases and subsequent hospitalisation and death for the next few weeks before deciding on further reopening of Malaysia’s economy.

Covid-19 ministerial quartet chairperson Hishammuddin Hussein said although Covid-19 cases are now higher than during the Delta wave in August last year, the number of ICU admissions and deaths due to Covid-19 is 80 to 90 percent lower.

“The Health Ministry will continue to...