The lax surveillance of the Covid-19 situation worldwide means there is no accurate big picture of the ongoing dangers of the pandemic.

This has led to a lack of vigilance among the general public, many of whom tend to believe Covid-19 is just like any other flu now, said Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) member Dr Balachandran S Krishnan.

“The World Health Organisation (WHO) is concerned that many countries are taking a lackadaisical attitude as if Covid-19 is no more, with no more surveillance and no more genomic sequencing which is important to identify new variants...