{"id":43387,"date":"2022-03-08T22:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therfiles.com\/?p=43387"},"modified":"2022-04-04T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T05:19:27","slug":"fasa-endemik-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therfiles.com\/fasa-endemik-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Endemic Covid-19 Malaysia & Transitioning SOP – Fasa Endemik Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Epidemic<\/strong> is a Rapid Spread of infectious disease in a community at a particular time<\/p>

\"epidemic<\/p>

Pandemic<\/strong> is a global epidemic<\/p>

\"pandemic<\/p>

Endemic<\/strong> is the \u201cstable presence of a disease\u201d within a set area. For COVID-19 Endemicity to happen, the virus continues to circulate, but infection rates, hospitalizations and deaths numbers stabilize and do not increase unexpectedly, exhausting the healthcare system.<\/p>

\"endemic<\/p>

World Health Organisation (WHO) warned against treating the virus as endemic now with the spike in infections driven by the Omicron variant and advised countries to consider Covid endemic based on the levels of immunity. As of 2 Feb 2022 just 12% had received at least one dose of vaccine in low-income nations. The acute phase of the pandemic cannot be ended unless we close this gap in vaccination rates.<\/p>

Countries like Denmark, Mexico, Costa Rica, the UK, Norway, etc. have already opened their borders to international tourists\/ travellers to enter without quarantine (wego.com<\/a>). As part of the \u201cTransitioning to Endemicity\u201d phase, the government of Malaysia has decided to reopen the country\u2019s borders from April 1. This is a temporary stage before the country moves to the Endemic Phase, a decision to be made by the WHO.<\/p>

Travellers who have been fully vaccinated are no longer required to undergo quarantine. They are only required to perform a RT-PCR test two days prior to departure and an RTK antigen test within 24 hours upon arrival in Malaysia.<\/p>

10 SOPs for Transitioning to Endemicity<\/h3>