Malaysia, prepare for the ‘war effort’ against Covid-19
BY LIEW CHIN TONG
In 1941, the United States was shocked by a sudden attack on Pearl Harbour. In response to the crisis, the US focused on bringing people together, mobilising all available resources and ramping up industrial productions for war effort. Agility, coordination and massive changes to production are paramount in such difficult times.
Even if the MCO is not extended, we will return to a “new normal” — it will be a very different setting from when we started on 18th March. To achieve these two objectives, we may need to revisit some current assumptions: First, the assumption of only testing those showing symptoms is no longer the best approach.
Second, the assumption that there is no need to wear masks if one is not having flu can be challenged. Fourth, we will rethink security in the community. There is a need to prepare machines to check temperature at airports, mass public transport facilities and major buildings when these public hotspots reopen, hopefully after 31st March. Security personnel at these places will need to ensure that they are not carriers themselves and they will need additional training and capacity building. We may not be able to rely on untrained foreign workers for this .
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