The number of new Covid-19 cases with serious symptoms will be used as a new indicator for the transition into phases 2 and 3 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), says coordinating minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.

He said this would replace the Covid-19 new cases indicator, using as proxy new hospital admission cases for Covid-19 adapted for categories three, four and five.

Having reached a vaccination rate of...