KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Sunday (May 23) that the government could not reimpose the strictest version of a movement control order (MCO), following calls to re-implement it, because of the deep damage done by last year s lockdown to Malaysians livelihoods.
Although he acknowledged that an MCO would be the best option to contain the virus, Tan Sri Muhyiddin said implementing it last year nearly led the country to economic collapse and hundreds of billions were required to help the economy recover.
Instead, the government has introduced tighter restrictions without requiring a complete lockdown. Personally, even though I m not a doctor, that s the best way to contain the virus. This method has proven to be the most effective and also the easiest for the government, but we didn t have any experience handling this pandemic before, Mr Muhyiddin said in an exclusive interview aired on Bernama TV.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday that the government could not reimpose the strictest version of a movement control order (MCO), following calls to re-implement it, because of the deep damage done by last year's lockdown to Malaysians' livelihoods.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 06:50 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said with the 14 new cases, Malaysia has detected 62 patients carrying variants of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 Malaysia has detected another 14 Covid-19 cases involving variants of concern (VOC), Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah when defending the nationwide movement control order (MCO) starting tomorrow.
He said with the 14 new cases, Malaysia has detected 62 patients carrying variants of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.
Monday, 19 Apr 2021 04:57 PM MYT
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Khairy Jamaluddin, who leads the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) in a joint press conference with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, in Putrajaya, April 19, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 Merely 0.003 per cent of frontliners who have received both doses of Covid-19 were then later reported to be infected, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today.
He said that since only nine people out of 272,019 were infected, this proves that the vaccine does work.
“Nine cases of those people who have received two doses two full doses and have tested positive for Covid-19. That works out to 0.003 per cent of medical frontliners who have been fully vaccinated with two doses and tested positive for Covid-19.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah today said that 40 health workers have contracted Covid-19 after completing their vaccination doses. In a Facebook post, he said that 31 of those individuals were infected less than two weeks after receiving their.