MySejahtera is a

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lication developed by Entomo Malaysia (formerly KPISoft Malaysia) and the

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to manage the COVID-19 outbreak in Malaysia. It can be used to conduct contact tracing, self-quarantine, and also book COVID-19 vaccination appointments.

History

MySejahtera was developed by Entomo Malaysia (formerly KPISoft Malaysia), a local developer founded by Anuar Rozhan and Raveenderan Ramamoothie, with strategic cooperation from the

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(NSC), the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), the

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(MCMC), and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOSTI). Launched by then

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on 20 April 2020, the MySejahtera app can be downloaded from the

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, and the Gallery of Malaysian Government Mobile Applications (GAMMA). On 19 November 2020, Director General

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confirmed that 9,167 COVID-19 cases had been identified by the MySejahtera app since its launch in April 2020 via

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methods including local district health offices using MySejahtera's database and the tracking of potential close contacts of COVID-19 patients. By 27 August 2021, 1.9 million of the 2.32 million students aged between 12 and 17 years enrolled at Malaysian national schools worldwide had registered for COVID-19 vaccinations via the MySejahtera app. In early November 2021,

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stated that the MySejahtera app would not be used for moral policing in response to

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's claim that the MySejahtera app showed Muslims checking into gaming outlets. On 7 November 2021, the MySejahtera app experienced a glitch that caused it to incorrectly issue the "home surveillance order" (HSO) and "person under surveillance" (PUS) statuses to several users. The app's administrators apologised to the public for the panic they caused. That same day, the United States Embassy in

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confirmed that Malaysians travelling to the US could show their proof of vaccination on the MySejatera app, as well as a negative COVID-19 test. On 27 April 2022,

announced that scanning the MySejahtera QR code when entering premises is no longer compulsory beginning 1 May 2022. According to data released by the Health Ministry's

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portal, MySejahtera app usage had plunged 73.8% by 3 May. On 26 May 2022, Khairy Jamaluddin announced that, in light of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak, MySejahtera users coming from countries with reported cases of

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would be sent an alert on the MySejahtera app starting 27 May 2022. This was done to prevent an outbreak of monkeypox in Malaysia. On 10 August 2023, the Malaysian

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and

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confirm that COVID-19 positive votes will receive guidelines via the MySejahtera app on how to fulfill their voting responsibilities during the

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. On 5 July 2024, the Health Ministry ended its policy of requiring COVID-19 positive individuals to report their COVID-19 self-test results to the MySejahtera app.

Contact tracing

The main function of the MySejahtera app is to assist the department in managing and mitigating the

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, enable users to monitor their health condition throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, assist users in getting treatment immediately if they are diagnosed with COVID-19 disease, and locate the nearest health facilities for COVID-19 screening and treatment. It is also widely used in the country for checking in when visiting a new place via the QR code scanning method, and is now also used for COVID-19 vaccine registrations. MySJ Trace is an extension of MySejahtera that uses

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to scan for other users in proximity and alert the user if they have had contact with a COVID-19 patient.

References

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History

Contact tracing

See also

References