KUALA LUMPUR: The government is mulling to make it compulsory for certain types of premises to only use the MySejahtera application developed by the government to assist in managing Covid-19 outbreak including close contact tracing.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof, however, did not identify the types of premises that are required to use the application, which was jointly developed by the Health Ministry, the National Security Council, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) and the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry.
It was previously reported that it is mandatory for all business premises to use and provide the MySejahtera application QR Code for their customers.
"We are looking into making it compulsory for certain premises to use the MySejahtera application instead of manually recording the information of visitors.
"Together with the National Security Council and the Attorney-General's Chambers, we are discussing whether to enforce this as a law.
"Having said that, we are not denying the use of forms (recording of details manually). The process of creating awareness for the people to embrace the new norms is on-going to get their cooperation in preventing the spread of Covid-19," he told the Dewan Rakyat today.
Redzuan was responding to a supplementary question from Dr Lee Boon Chye (Pakatan Harapan – Gopeng) who asked on the challenges faced by the government over the implementation of the MySejahtera application since there are premises still recording information of their customers and visitors manually.
To the second supplementary question by Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen (PH – Bandar Kuching), Redzuan gave his assurance that all data stored and use for contact tracing purposes in MySejahtera is protected under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010.
"All information stored in MySejahtera is protected by the Act. Anyone found to disclose the personal information of others is subjected to the law," he said.
Earlier, Redzuan told the House that a total of 15.1 million people have registered with the MySejahtera application.
He also said the application has also helped the government to detect 332 Covid-19 patients or 3.4 per cent of the total cases recorded in the country.
"The application has also enabled the authorities to immediately identify close contacts to Covid-19 cases," he said.