PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s unpopular but bold decision to take the bull by the horns in handling the Covid-19 pandemic has saved the day for Malaysia.
Assuming the post of Prime Minister at a most difficult time, he did not hesitate to impose the movement control order to keep people indoors to reduce transmission of the deadly virus.the moment he was sworn in as Malaysia’s eighth Prime Minister on March 1, as Covid-19 cases in the country then were already showing signs of an upward swing.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah described the MCO as a move enforced at a time when the nation was somewhat ill-equipped, with no vaccine in sight or effective drugs to treat patients.“MOH discussed the Covid-19 situation with Tan Sri , and I was very impressed as he bravely decided to go ahead with the MCO at a time when many nations, barring China, were not ready to commit to restriction measures.
“It was an unpopular move but then again, this was not a question of popularity. This was about the country’s safety and if this was the way to save the nation, we would go ahead with it. For the first time in Malaysian history, the MCO was implemented in the form of a comprehensive ban on public movements and gatherings throughout the country including religious, sports, social and cultural activities.
“Malaysia is fully committed to being part of this time-bound effort and to take on the manufacturing of some of these tools and vaccines as they become available.
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