The MySJ Trace function which was added to the MySejahtera app in December last year has proved to be successful in conducting contact tracing of Covid-19 positive cases in Maaysia. In fact, a total of 124643 Covid-19 close or casual contacts have been identified by the feature as of 15 February 2022.
Revealed by Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in a Parliamentary written reply yesterday, the feature, which uses Bluetooth technology to detect close proximity is currently being used by 5971117 people in Malaysia. For reference, the MySejahtera app has over 24.5 million users in our country throughout all platforms, meaning that only around 25% of users have opted for MySJ Trace.
Furthermore, the feature has also detected contacts linked to 11212 Covid-19 positive cases, all of which are based on users’ interactions gathered over 14 days. Khairy revealed the data in a reply to a question by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuching, Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen in Parliament.
The Health Minister also stressed in the written reply that his ministry is constantly evaluating the effectiveness of the MySejahtera app. This includes adding improvements to the MySJ Trace feature when it is needed.
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