'Worse before better': Covid cases will continue to spike, Masidi warns

5 Feb 2022 • 10:19 PM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun has forewarned that Covid-19 cases will continue to rise.

He said sporadic infections are high, with 43.7 per cent of cases (527) being symptomatic, indicating the virus is already widespread in the community with a high infectivity rate.

“Cases have tripled in just three days. It is forecast that the caseload will continue to spike in the near future," he said in a statement tonight.

"Expect cases to rise further. It will get worse before it gets better.”

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