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Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has announced that the MySejahtera app will be reactivated starting from today in order to better deal with monkeypox infections. He further elaborated that travellers coming from countries with reported monkeypox cases will be sent an alert on the app.

Recently, MySejahtera added a new Infectious Disease Tracker feature in version 1.1.9 of the app, whereby it detects hotspots near the user that has infectious disease cases. Now, the feature has been upgraded to provide even more data, this time to include cases of Tuberculosis (TB).

MySejahtera has urged Malaysians to immeditately update the app to its latest version so as to enable the new Infectious Disease Tracker feature. Currently in version 1.1.9, users can install or update the app via the Google Play Store, Apple App Store and HUAWEI AppGallery.

Since 1 May 2022, checking in into a premise via MySejahtera was no longer mandatory but apparently, many people didn't get the memo. According to the Health Ministry's Github portal, at least a total of 4.5 million Malaysians were still checking in on Labour Day. 

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that MySejahtera check-ins will no longer be mandatory in order to enter premises or public areas. This latest Covid-19 SOP leniency will be in effect starting from 1 May 2022.

Last month, we reported on how MySejahtera check-ins dropped by more than 6.3 million amidst concerns over user data privacy. Well, the check-in rates actually went down further since then, as we saw the average for check-in rates on 9 April 2022 being the lowest in 9 months.

As reported by The Sun Daily, MySejahtera averaged about 16.9 million check-ins nationwide on 9 April compared to the 17 million average recorded on 1 July. Moreover, the average daily check-ins at registered premises dropped by 7.4 million (30.3 percent).

Good news to those who are planning to travel! Today, the Ambassador and Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Malaysia, Michalis Rokas, tweeted that the European Commission (EC) has decided to recognize the MySejahtera certificate. 

The MySejahtera app has become a permanent fixture for us. It's a way for Malaysians and the government to track possible COVID-19 patients. Moreover, it records our vaccination status, which can be used when travelling.

Recently, our country’s contact tracing app, MySejahtera has been embroiled in controversy over its ownership. This is after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) questioned the takeover of the app my MySJ Bhd from KPISoft Malaysia Sdn Bhd, which developed the app without a contract with the Malaysian government.

Despite Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin reassuring Malaysians on Monday that the app is owned by the government and that users' personal data are safe, it seems that many are still sceptical. This can be seen by the 26% drop in daily MySejahtera check-ins on 28 March 2022.

Just a few hours ago, there was an important announcement by the MySejahtera Facebook page and the Ministry of Health Malaysia regarding those who had taken the Sinovac vaccination. Starting from 1 April 2022, the vaccination status will be "Partially Vaccinated".