PUTRAJAYA (Sept 9): The approach of accepting Covid-19 as endemic should not be viewed as admitting defeat to the pandemic, but as an adaptation move, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “That is why we (Malaysia) accept the fact that maybe the endpoint is the endemic stage. “My assumption is that with the high vaccination rate at the end of October, we (Malaysia) can begin the transition to the endemic stage. “I don't think any country will view that adapting to Covid as endemic is admitting defeat to the pandemic,” he said. Meanwhile, Khairy said the Covid-19 vaccination exercise for teenagers, aged 12 to 17, will run simultaneously with the reopening of schools, which will begin on Oct 3.
