KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s “stricter” measures, to be imposed this weekto contain the spike in Covid-19 cases,have met with resistance from many who argue that the tweaks are “half-baked”.
Experts have also said the new measures are unlikely to go far enough unless they are strictly enforced, and they may take a longer time to produce an effect than a total lockdown.
“MCOs (movement control orders) work only if they are strict enough and long enough… They need to be accompanied by parallel measures. If not, the time bought is just squandered and we will repeat this cycle of MCOs, with deleterious effects on the livelihoods of people,” Professor Awang Bulgiba Awang Mahmud, th…
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