Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said masks were still needed for the current "transition to endemic" phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.<br /><br />In a statement today, Noor Hisham stressed that Malaysia has not entered the "endemic" phase and hence, measures are still required to protect the old and the frail.<br /><br />He said even endemic diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria still require active intervention to reduce spread, suffering and deaths.
