Political analysts blame the government s mishandling of the outbreak as it worsened. Malaysia s response is being hampered by chaotic governance and persistent political infighting, Joshua Kurlantzick, senior fellow for Southeast Asia at think tank Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a report.
Malaysia s political crisis
The Southeast Asian country plunged into political turmoil when former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad unexpectedly resigned in February last year. It paved the way for Muhyiddin to form a government by cobbling together a fragile coalition.
Political opponents have long challenged Muhyiddin s claim of majority support in the country s 222-seat parliament. Calls for the prime minister s resignation even among his allies grew louder after Malaysia s king on Thursday issued a rare rebuke over the government s handling of the state of emergency.
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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s daily vaccination rate has surpassed that of the United Kingdom when it was at its highest, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
The Science, Innovation and Technology Minister who shared Our World in Data’s vaccination statistics on his social media, pointed out that Malaysia’s daily vaccination rate per 100 people had reached 0.96 on July 9, exceeding the United Kingdom’s highest rate of 0.89 which was recorded on March 19.
“Our vaccination rate has exceeded that of the UK when they were at their peak,” he said.
According to Our World in Data, Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 vaccination rate per 100 people has also been ranked second after Singapore among Asean countries.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia s average daily Covid-19 vaccination rate has been ranked second after Singapore among nine countries, according to Our World in Data.
Based on the data released, as of July 9, Singapore was ranked first with a daily average of 1.3 vaccinations for every 100 people, followed by Malaysia (0.96), Taiwan (0.65), the United Kingdom (0.38), Thailand (0.36), Indonesia (0.31), South Korea (0.2), the United States (0.18) and Vietnam (0.02), reported Sinar Harian.
The official data of Our World In Data is handled by Oxford Martin School, the University of Oxford and Global Change Data Lab.
It also revealed that Malaysia had been consistently at the second position above the United Kingdom since June 23.