At a press conference yesterday, 7 February, the health minister said the Omicron variant is driving a surge in infections throughout the world.
“The Omicron wave is not only in Malaysia, it is not a conspiracy by KJ to not allow Hari Raya to be celebrated again,” he said.
He said that Singapore reported 13,208 new COVID-19 cases on 4 February — an increase three times from the number logged a day earlier.
According to Bernama, on 5 February, South Korea reported 38,670 daily cases, Indonesia (33,729 cases), Thailand (10,879 cases), the Philippines (7,469 cases), Australia (22,985 cases), and Japan with 102,275 cases.