PETALING JAYA: The increase in Covid-19 cases involving the Omicron variant in the country is not a “conspiracy” to postpone the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations in May, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

       He added the Omicron wave was not only being faced by Malaysia, but a spike of cases was seen in other countries, including Europe as well.

       “This Omicron wave is not only in Malaysia, it is not a conspiracy by ‘KJ’ to cancel Hari Raya celebrations again.

       “However, it has actually affected many countries,” he said.

       Khairy added that Singapore has reported 13,208 new Covid-19 cases on February 4, which is three times the cases reported on the previous day.

       “On Feb 5, South Korea reported daily cases of 38,670 cases, Indonesia (33,729 cases), Thailand (10,879 cases), the Philippines (7,469 cases), Australia (22,985 cases) and Japan recorded 102,275 cases,” he said in a special press conference on Monday (Feb 7).

       On Monday (Feb 7), the Health Ministry reported 11,034 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative infections in the country to 2,925,254.