Malaysians cry foul as government points finger in COVID-19 blame game
Accuse authorities of ‘incompetence’ after public blamed for flouting strict lockdown rules, leading to a surge in cases
Updated 06 June 2021
June 05, 2021 21:58
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians came to each other’s defense on Saturday, days after being blamed for a rapid rise in COVID-19 infections across the country, with several slamming the government for its “incompetence” in handling the health crisis a year into the pandemic.
Despite successfully avoiding the worst of the pandemic last year, Malaysia witnessed a dangerous new outbreak and surge in cases in early April, resulting in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announcing a strict two-week lockdown from June 1.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that completion of the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will usher in a new era of development and prosperity in Pakistan.
The CPEC western route will accelerate the socio-economic development in some of the Asian country s underdeveloped regions, including Balochistan province and tribal areas, Khan said at a ground-breaking ceremony for several development projects in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
He said Pakistan is lucky to be a part of China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through CPEC, and the western route will turn the dream of prosperity into reality for the local people.
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China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-04-27 09:22 Share CLOSE A relative of a COVID-19 victim collapses at a crematorium in India-controlled Kashmir, India, on Sunday. A devastating new surge of infections is overwhelming India s crematoriums and burial grounds as it tears through the country with terrifying speed, depleting lifesaving oxygen supplies to critical levels and leaving patients to die as they wait in lines to see doctors. CHANNI ANAND/AP
The international community has stepped in to send urgently needed medical aid to India, where a deadly second wave of COVID-19 is overwhelming hospitals.
To combat the growing demand for oxygen in the country, India has reached out to various countries to procure containers and oxygen cylinders.
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