Infectious Diseases Tracker (previously known as Hotspot Tracker) is one of the functions available in the MySejahtera application to track COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Now, the function has been enhanced to include more infectious diseases, namely (1) dengue fever, (2) rabies, (3) measles, (4) hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), and (5) tuberculosis.

Infectious disease tracker locates new cases reported by district health offices and state health departments. The locations of these new reported cases are mapped to display the numbers of active cases around any selected search point without disclosing the patients’ exact coordinates. Hence, users will be able to see the number of active cases for each disease reported within the radius from their point of search.

The radius and duration of active cases of the diseases are as the following:

Radius for infectious disease is the detection area of all active cases from your point of search.

The duration of active cases for infectious disease is the time frame in which the disease is in their infectious period, hence, shown in the Infectious Disease Tracker. This duration varies from one disease to another.

Users can avoid high risk areas and take extra precautions whenever they are in these areas. Based on this information, high-risk individuals (children, elderly, immunocompromised) can avoid from going into areas with high number of active cases.

The community can arrange for cleaning campaign and alert each other by conveying the information to their social circle (e.g., WhatsApp group, Telegram channel, Facebook group etc) especially during social and religious gatherings.

Users may refer to the following links for more information about each of the infectious diseases:
i) COVID-19 (Bahasa Malaysia | English)
ii) Dengue fever (Bahasa Malaysia | English)
iii) Rabies (Bahasa Malaysia | English)
iv) Measles (Bahasa Malaysia | English)
v) HFMD (Bahasa Malaysia | English)
vi) Tuberculosis (Bahasa Malaysia | English)

Once you have given GPS permission to allow tracking, the app will automatically turn on GPS when necessary.

GPS itself does not require an internet connection. However, the information about infectious diseases in your area is sent via the app and requires an internet connection.

The distance depends on the type of infectious disease. It ranges from a radius of 200 metres for dengue cases and up to a radius of 5 km for hand-foot-and-mouth disease.

Using the reports from KKM, geolocation of infectious diseases is uploaded to the database without providing patient’s personal data.

GPS uses satellite technology and is able to determine your location or the requested location area. However, a stable internet connection is required to search for a location without using GPS and to view information.

No, it will not. Any personal information of the patients or the GPS location of the individual (requester) will not be stored in our system.

No, it will not. Any personal information of the patients or the GPS location of the individual (requester) will not be stored in our system.

MySejahtera will only be utilising the GPS upon requesting user's current location for mapping. Any other usage would not require GPS; therefore, your battery would not be constantly drained.

No, it would not. Any personal information of the patients or the GPS location of the individual (requester) will not be stored in our system.

You might try searching for the area you are in, using terms like street name, district, and postcode in the search bar.

A user would only use a small amount quantity of data over a brief period of time to obtain disease information near their location, and this would not be a continual activity.

Most apps that send information will require the use of Wi-Fi or mobile data. Though it will be extremely minimal in this case.

Bluetooth does not need to be turned on in order to use the Infectious Disease Tracker.

To use the Infectious Disease Tracker, Bluetooth does not need to be turned on, and your privacy will be protected according to the app's privacy policy.

Bluetooth will not need to be turned on in order to use the Infectious Disease Tracker. It will only use minimal amount of Wi-Fi or mobile data connection.

No, it will not.

Bluetooth does not need to be turned on in order to use the Infectious Disease Tracker. Only an internet connection is necessary, and GPS location data is optional if you want to utilise the search of your current location feature; alternatively, you can type your location into the search bar.