Malaysia cannot afford, in the economic and welfare aspects, to implement a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today.
He said that, on the other hand, the government's strategy to contain the pandemic was to implement mitigation strategies.
“There is no doubt that China’s approach (to lockdown) has been effective.
“However, their containment and ‘Zero Covid’ strategy also means a total lockdown when there are only three positive cases,” Khairy said on Twitter.
Khairy also attached a screenshot of a news report with the headline “Yuzhou: Second Chinese city forced into COVID lockdown”.
Khairy said Malaysia, after having successfully achieved high vaccination rates, had managed its Covid-19 cases effectively, besides constantly reminding the people to continue to adhere to standard operating procedures.
Meanwhile, Khary also expressed his full support for Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah to continue his duties.
His response was following Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing’s statement on Facebook today questioning Noor Hisham since the director-general's background and expertise was as a surgeon and not in the field of public health.
- Bernama
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