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Recently, daily Covid-19 are set to rise even further after they hit a record 17,045 infections a few days ago, but the public have been advised not be alarmed over the rise in infections over the next few days as the surge in cases, especially in the Klang Valley, is caused by an increase of tests, especially in the use of RTK-Antigen test kits and self-test kits.

The public can understand the daily increase of Covid-19 cases as a result of increased Covid-19 testings to identify as many cases as possible to reduce transmission in the community so that as more of these positive cases and their contacts are isolated and quarantined, cases will start to gradually come down in the weeks to come.

What is of great concern however is the increase in daily Covid-19 deaths, with Malaysia yesterday maintaining the new daily record of 207 Covid-19 deaths set on Monday.

When the six-month Emergency was declared on January 11, 2021, there were a cumulative total of 551 Covid-19 deaths for the past 12 months.

At the present rate of Covid-19 deaths, this figure of 551 will be exceeded in three days.

When the Emergency ends on August 1, more than 8,500 people would have died during the emergency, bring the cumulative total of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia over 9,000 deaths.

At the present rate of Covid-19 infection and deaths, when Malaysia marks the 64th National Day on August 31, we would have exceeded 1.5 million Covid-19 cases and 15,000 Covid-19 deaths and when we mark the 58th Malaysia Day on Sept. 16, we would be approaching two million Covid-19 cases and 20,000 Covid-19 deaths.

Malaysians are entitled to know what actions the government is taking to avert such calamitous figures.

Are we going to let some 20,000 people in Malaysia to die of Covid-19 before we can complete the national immunisation rollout in October?

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Parliament on Wednesday, 28th July 2021)

Adakah kita akan biarkan 20,000 orang terkorban akibat Covid-19 sebelum vaksinasi program vaksinasi kebangsaan dapat dilengkapkan pada bulan Oktober?

Baru-baru ini, angka kes harian Covid-19 dijangkakan akan meningkat lebih tinggi selepas mencapai kemuncak baharu sebanyak 17,045 kes beberapa hari yang lepas, tetapi orang awam telah dinasihati supaya tidak cemas dengan peningkatan ini kerana ia disebabkan oleh peningkatan kadar ujian saringan melalui ujian saringan RTK-Antigen dan kit ujian saringan kendiri.

Rakyat secara amnya boleh faham yang peningkatan ini disebabkan oleh peningkatan aktiviti ujian saringan yang lebih kerap supaya kita dapat kenal pasti mereka yang positif Covid-19 untuk mengasingkan dan kuarantin mereka ini, dan angka kes dijangkakan akan mula turun dalam beberapa minggu yang akan datang.

Namun apa yang lebih membimbangkan adalah kadar peningkatan kematian akibat Covid-19, di mana negara kita mengekalkan rekod baharu 207 kematian yang pertama kali dicatatkan pada hari Isnin.

Semasa darurat selama enam bulan diisytiharkan pada 11 Januari 2021, terdapat sejumlah 551 kematian terkumpul akibat Covid-19 dalam tempoh 12 bulan sebelumnya. Pada kadar kematian akibat Covid-19 sekarang, angka ini akan diatasi dalam masa tiga hari.

Apabila darurat tamat pada 1 Ogos, lebih daripada 8,500 dijangkakan akan terkorban dalam tempoh darurat ini, membawa jumlah korban terkumpul akibat Covid-19 dalam negara kita melepasi paras 9,000 nyawa.

Pada kadar sedia ada, negara kita akan mencatatkan 1.5 juta kes menjelang sambutan Hari Kebangsaan ke-64 pada 31 Ogos dan mencatatkan 2 juta kes menjelang Hari Malaysia pada 16 September 2021, dengan hampir 20,000 kematian akibat wabak ini.

Rakyat Malaysia berhak untuk mengetahui apakah tindakan yang diambil oleh kerajaan untuk mengelakkan bencana sebegini.

Adakah kita akan membiarkan sehingga 20,000 nyawa melayang akibat wabak ini sebelum kita berjaya melengkapkan program imunisasi kebangsaan pada bulan Oktober?

(Kenyataan Media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Rabu, 28 Julai 2021)