Covid-19: Fully vaccinated individuals must not misuse special privileges, says Dr Noor Hisham
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has reminded all those who have completed two doses of their vaccine, not to misuse the special privileges or relaxed restrictions granted by the government.
“We must remember that a portion of the country’s population are not vaccinated yet and they are at risk of Covid-19 infection. In addition, he reminded individuals tested positive for Covid-19 or are close contact to positive cases, to immediately undergo isolation or quarantine so as not to expose others to the risk of infection.
Dr Noor Hisham said previous studies in hospitals in India; Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States of America and Finland have shown that after vaccine breakthrough infections with Delta, there could be high levels of virus in people’s nose whether they were vaccinated or not.
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