computer science

MySejahtera

MySejahtera is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MySejahtera rather than just read about it. In short: MySejahtera is a mobile app developed by Entomo Malaysia (formerly known as KPISoft) and the Government of Malaysia 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.

Key takeaways

MySejahtera belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MySejahtera to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MySejahtera from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

MySejahtera is a mobile app developed by Entomo Malaysia (formerly known as KPISoft) and the Government of Malaysia 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 National Security Council (NSC), the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU), the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOSTI). Launched by then Health Minister Adham Baba on 20 April 2020, the MySejahtera app can be downloaded from the App Store, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, and the Gallery of Malaysian Government Mobile Applications (GAMMA). On 19 November 2020, Director General Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that 9,167 COVID-19 cases had been identified by the MySejahtera app since its launch in April 2020 via contact tracing 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, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin stated that the MySejahtera app would not be used for moral policing in response to Leader of the Opposition Anwar Ibrahim'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 Kuala Lumpur 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, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin 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 GitHub 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 monkeypox 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 Health Ministry and Election Commission confirm that COVID-19 positive votes will receive guidelines via the MySejahtera app on how to fulfill their voting responsibilities during the 2023 Malaysian state elections. 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 COVID-19 outbreak, 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 Bluetooth Low Energy to scan for other users in proximity and alert the user if they have had contact with a COVID-19 patient.

See also COVID-19 vaccination in Malaysia COVID-19 apps Volunteer Smartphone Patrol

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MySejahtera

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MySejahtera claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MySejahtera before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MySejahtera ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MySejahtera

In research: MySejahtera appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MySejahtera in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MySejahtera is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2020 establishments in Malaysia, 2020 software, Android (operating system) software, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MySejahtera outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study MySejahtera in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MySejahtera means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MySejahtera out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MySejahtera in simple terms?

Why does MySejahtera matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MySejahtera?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MySejahtera.