The number of reported cases of COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam continues to show a decrease, where the average daily rate of cases last week was 88 cases per day, compared to 108 cases per day the previous week.
This was stated by Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Awang Haji Mohammad Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health at a media conference on COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam, yesterday afternoon. Joining the media conference were Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Lailaraja Retired Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haji Awang Halbi bin Haji Mohd Yusof, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Doctor Awang Haji Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister of Finance and Economy.
The Minister of Health also shared that the rate of vaccination coverage of COVID-19 in the country remains high, with 79.1 percent of all citizens and residents of the country having received the third dose of the vaccine, and 11.9 percent also having received the fourth dose. 82 new cases were reported of which all are the result of ART tests.
Source: Radio Television Brunei