Learn from India’s Covid-19 mistakes, says DG Hisham
Malaysia ought to take heed of India’s devastating second Covid-19 wave and ensure gatherings of any kind are avoided, opined health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He also warned against any elections or sudden loosening of movement restrictions.
In late January, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the country had beaten Covid-19 and this led people there to celebrate and drop their guard.
The Delhi government then allowed gatherings for the Kumbh Mela Hindu festival in April. It also held multiple state election campaigns and polls.
Today, India (main photo) recorded 4,187 Covid-19 deaths and more than 400,000 daily new cases.
Noor Hisham viewed this as a cautionary tale.
“We need to learn from India and what they did to cause this tsunami (of Covid-19 cases) there.
“So we can learn and prevent a tsunami in our country,” he said.
He also drew comparisons between the infections caused by India’s state elections and the September 2020 Sabah state election in Malaysia.
Noor Hisham said he, thus, supported using the emergency proclamation to suspend all polls.
“Now we are worried that if we didn’t use the emergency ordinance then the Sarawak state election would need to be held in June. So by using it we can avoid that state election.
“We have also used the emergency ordinance to avoid three by-elections in Batu Sapi, Bugaya and Grik.
“Imagine if Sarawakians travelled home from Peninsular Malaysia to vote in the rural areas, infections would definitely happen,” he said.
Noor Hisham also predicted that the local healthcare system would not be able to cope if an outbreak happened in rural Sarawak.
This useless DG is trying to give the impression that we are doing much better than India. We can learn from their mistakes?
ReplyDeleteOn a per capita basis Malaysia is on the same level as India. Positive cases per person.
They allowed campaigning and held state elections. So did we (Sabah). They allowed mass gatherings during religious celebrations. So do we (Ramadan bazaars). They declared premature “victory” over Covid. So did we. We even rewarded our Health DG with Tan Sri title which rendered him impotent, obedient civil servant, now obeying politicians instead of following science.
What is obedient TAN SRI Noor Hashim talking about learning from India's mistakes? They should have learnt from ours.....
ReplyDeleteSabah elections was held in September 2020, resulting is a 3rd wave...
India's state elections were in April 2021, resulting in 2nd wave...
Now Indonesia use Malaysia as bad example pulak ha ha ha...don't pretend to be a hero TAN SRI Noor Hisham; too little too late, you are an OBEDIENT FAILURE.
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Stay home and don't end up like M'sia, Indonesia tells citizens
8 May 2021
The Indonesian Health Ministry has cited Malaysia and India as a cautionary tale in urging its citizens to stay home and take precautions against Covid-19 infection.
The warning comes as the pandemic situation stabilises in Indonesia ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays, while both Malaysia and India face a surge in Covid-19 cases.
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Bazaar Ramadhan crowded like crazy still operating during MCO ..
ReplyDeleteEvery Friday prayers crowded like crazy, no control, SOP is talk only, there is no authority limiting entry.
india learn from ccp, we learn from india, indonesia learn from us.
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DeleteSoon everyone must learn everything from that fart filled well!