NSTnation: “Although some quarters might assume that putting the country on a lockdown is a good strategy, it will trigger panic and is detrimental to the economy.” LockDownMalaysia coronavirus Covid19
However, experts stopped short of calling for a nationwide lockdown as the country entered the “late containment phase” with its biggest spike of Covid-19 cases.The medical fraternity’s main concern was the Herculean task to tracking down 16,000 attendees of a three-day event at Masjid Jamek Seri Petaling Selangor. Up to Saturday, 4,942 participants in the mosque’s “ijtima tabligh” have been identified.
“Instead of a lockdown, the government can mobilise security agencies, like the People’s Volunteer Corps and police, to track down close contacts . “South Korea has been very successful in reducing confirmed cases from 900 per day to less than 100 per day, and it’s declining further. “Most of them were related to the Seri Petaling mosque tabligh cluster. To date, nine positive cases are being treated in the intensive care unit and need respiratory assistance.”
He also explained the magnitude of screenings at the busy Malaysia-Singapore border at the Causeway and Second Link.
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