No more change in MySejahtera status for casual contacts

Covid-19 casual contacts will not see any change in their status on MySejahtera although they will be notified via the application, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

In a post on Twitter today, he said those who are found to have been in contact with Covid-19 cases will only receive a notification informing them that they are casual contacts.

“Prior to this, when the MySJ trace/check-in detects anyone as a casual contact of a positive case, the status on their MySJ will change to yellow (for casual contact).

“Now there is no change in the colour (to yellow) anymore, but the person will receive a notification. For those who have symptoms, isolate yourself and self-test,” he said.

His post was accompanied by a poster on measures to improve Covid-19 self-assessment through the Test, Report, Isolate, Inform and Seek strategy, and advice for the public to seek immediate treatment at health centres or Covid-19 assessment centres should they experience symptoms like difficulty breathing and fever.