New low in Covid-19 battle
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New low in Covid-19 battle
Malaysia’s battle against Covid-19 hit a new low as fresh cases hit a new high - 6,075 infections yesterday with more than a third in Selangor. The country recorded an average of 4,717 new cases in the last seven days.
In fairness, the seven-day average in other badly-hit Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand (3,394), Indonesia (3,448) and the Philippines (6,344) are in a similar range.
When factoring in population, Malaysia is the worst performing in Southeast Asia at 144 new cases a day per million population. Indonesia is 12.8, Thailand 57.3 while the Philippines is 52.5.
Thursday, 20 May 2021 09:01 AM MYT
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MAY 20 ― Although the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) that started on February 24 provided a light at the end of the tunnel, the continuous four-digit daily infection figures for more than one month left Malaysia with no option other than country-wide lockdown effective from May 12.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced on May 10 Malaysia would be under the third Movement Control Order (MCO 3.0) till June 7.
“With daily cases exceeding 4,000 and active cases at 37,396 as well as 1,700 deaths reported as of May 10, Malaysia is facing a third Covid-19 wave that could trigger a national crisis,” he added.
High confidence in vaccine MOHD AMIRUL SYAFIQ MOHD DIN/THESUN
PETALING JAYA: Despite reports on many who registered for inoculation but did not show up for the jab, public confidence in the vaccines remains high.
Health experts told
theSun that while some have failed to make it for their appointments at the vaccination centres, a large number of those whose date for the jabs have yet been fixed, have shown up, hoping to be vaccinated early.
The quick response to a batch of AstraZeneca vaccine, which was offered on a first-come-first-served basis on May 2, is another sign that confidence remains high.
GEORGE TOWN: Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng is willing to apologise if the offer to donate two million doses of CoronaVac vaccine to the state government is proven to be bogus.
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