PUTRAJAYA should further extend the movement-control order (MCO) until the end of May to prevent more Covid-19 infections, said DAP’s Banting assemblyman Lau Weng San.
He said the government’s decision to allow almost all businesses to resume operations on May 4 under a conditional MCO is too risky.
“To be on the safe side, the MCO should be extended until after Hari Raya Puasa and Gawai/Kaamatan school holidays. Loosening up the MCO on May 4 is too risky.
“Let’s have a bit more time for everybody to do a soft-landing and get used to the new norm. Let our medical frontliners be really focused on treating the thousand plus active cases on their hands.
“Let’s really flatten the curve and drive daily reported new cases to the very minimum,” he said in a statement today.
The MCO that has been in place since March 18 to curb the spread of the virus is to end on May 12. Hari Raya is expected to fall on May 23 while the Kaamatan festival is celebrated on May 30 and 31.
The Gawai Dayak festival, meanwhile, is a one-month long celebration starting on June 1.
Lau said to avoid further risk of infections, the federal government should maintain the status-quo until May 12, but open up certain manufacturing or service sectors in stages to reduce losses.
“We should fully utilise the period to have more meaningful discussions and dialogue with industry players to firm up a preliminary guideline for the new norm.”
He also quoted Selangor Anti-Covid-19 Task Force chairman, former health minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, who had said the public should not be too optimistic though the number of new daily cases is slowing down as the chance of another outbreak is still possible.
He said there are other countries where there had been a resurgence of new cases or new outbreaks when the authorities lifted their own lockdowns.
Malaysia yesterday recorded 105 new infections, the highest in 16 days. The total number of infections in the country is 6,176. However, 4,326 people have recovered from the virus.
The national death toll remains at 103 cases. THE MALAYSIAN INSIGHT
Petition to cancel CMCO gains almost 500k signatures
03 MAY 2020 / 12:02 H.
Screenshot of the petition.
AN online petition made urging the government to continue the movement control order (MCO) has garnered almost 500k signatures.
This came after prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement on Friday that some public and private sectors would be allowed to operate to restart the economy starting from May 4.
Some of the points highlighted in the petition include:
– Asking for the government to continue movement control order and cancel conditional movement control order (CMCO).
– Asking the government not to learn from the same mistakes of countries which ended their movement control order too early.
– Genuine concerns to ensure frontline workers do not become be too exhausted.
– Request for the government to not bow down to capitalists who only prioritise their profits without considering health matters and the welfare of employees.
– Continue MCO for the future of our country.
View the petition here:
THE SUN DAILY
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ReplyDeleteWhy so few Malaysians petitioning to cancel this Conditional-MCO only ? Surely there are many, many more Malaysians who are getting paid their salaries from the Malaysian gomen for doing no work sitting at home. If gomen wants to continue with the CMO, arrange for another round of peoples' subsidy-payment. But this time, be fair, all those unregistered foreigners must be included.
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