COVID-19

The best news in Covid-19 pandemic in nearly three months and Khairy’s Hundred Day Challenge

By Kit

October 04, 2021

(Versi BM)

We are now again seeing light at the end of the tunnel in the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yesterday’s 9,066 daily new Covid-19 cases is the best news in the Covid-19 pandemic in nearly three months since July 8 when Malaysia had 8,868 daily new Covid-19 cases.

We have had almost three months of five-digit daily new Covid-19 cases since July 13, and yesterday was the first time that we have dropped to four-digit numbers.

It has taken us more than a month to drop from the peak of 24,599 daily new Covid-19 cases on August 25 to drop to four-figure numbers.

Will we need another month before we drop to three-figure numbers and will daily new Covid-19 cases drop to double-digit numbers when Khairy Jamaluddin marks his Hundred Day as Health Minister?

All Malaysians hope and pray for Khairy’s success in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.

We have the longest Covid-19 wave in the world since the Sabah state general election last September.

When Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin declared an emergency to fight the Covid-19 pandemic on January 11, 2021, there were a cumulative total of 138,224 Covid-19 cases and 555 Covid-19 deaths.

When he resigned as Prime Minister seven months later on August 16, 2021, the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases and Covid-19 deaths have increased to 1,424,639 cases and 12,784 deaths respectively.

Now we have a cumulative total of 2,277,565 Covid-19 cases and 26,683 Covid-19 deaths.

We are now ranked No. 20 among countries with the most cumulative total of Covid-19 cases when we were No. 89 when we celebrated our 63rd National Day on August 31, 2020.

Can Malaysia stop overtaking more countries (and in fact, be overtaken by others) and ensure that we do not reach a cumulative total of 2.5 million Covid-19 cases and 30,000 Covid-19 deaths by the Hundred Day of Khairy’s tenure as Health Minister on December 7, 2021 since his swearing in by the Yang di Pertuan Agong on August 30?

This is Khairy’s Hundred Day challenge!

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 4th October 2021)

Berita terbaik berkaitan Covid-19 sejak hampir tiga bulan dan cabaran 100 Hari Khairy

Harapan kian cerah buat kita semua.

9,066 kes harian baharu Covid-19 yang dicatatkan semalam adalah berita terbaik berhubung wabak Covid-19 sejak hampir tiga bulan. Pada 8 Julai 2021, Malaysia merekodkan 8,868 kes baharu Covid-19.

Kita merekodkan kes lima angka selama hampir tiga bulan sejak 13 Julai, dan semalam, adalah kali pertama kita berjaya menurunkan angka kes kepada julat empat angka.

Kita mengambil masa lebih dari sebulan untuk mencatatkan penurunan dari puncak 24,599 kes baharu Covid-19 pada 25 Ogos kepada julat empat angka.

Adakah kita memerlukan sebulan lagi sebelum angka kes menurun ke paras tiga angka dan adakah kes harian baharu Covid-19 akan menurun ke paras dua angka semasa Khairy Jamaluddin melengkapkan 100 hari pertama perkhidmatannya sebagai Menteri Kesihatan?

Semua rakyat Malaysia berharap dan mendoakan kejayaan Khairy dalam perang melawan wabak Covid-19.

Kita mengalami gelombang jangkitan Covid-19 yang terpanjang di dunia sejak pilihan raya negeri Sabah pada September tahun lalu.

Semasa Perdana Menteri, Muhyiddin Yassin mengisytiharkan darurat untuk melawan wabak Covid-19 pada 11 Januari 2021, jumlah kes keseluruhan Covid-19 di negara ini adalah sebanyak 138,224 dengan 555 orang terkorban akibat wabak itu.

Semasa beliau meletakkan jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri tujuh bulan kemudian pada 16 Ogos 2021, jumlah kes keseluruhan jangkitan serta korban akibat Covid-19 masing-masing telah meningkat kepada 1,424,639 dan 12,784.

Kini, kita mempunyai jumlah kes keseluruhan jangkitan Covid-19 sebanyak 2,277,565 dengan 26,683 kematian terkumpul.

Kita kini berada di kedudukan ke-20 antara negara-negara dengan kes keseluruhan Covid-19 tertinggi, sedangkan kita pernah berada di kedudukan ke-89 dalam senarai tersebut semasa kita menyambut Hari Kebangsaan ke-63 pada 31 Ogos 2020.

Mampukah Malaysia berhenti daripada memintas lebih banyak negara dan memastikan kita tidak mencapai 2.5 juta kes terkumpul Covid-19 dan 30,000 kematian terkumpul akibat wabak itu menjelang 100 hari pertama perkhidmatan Khairy sebagai Menteri Kesihatan pada 7 Disember 2021, sejak beliau mengangkat sumpah di hadapan Yang di-Pertuan Agong pada 30 Ogos?

Inilah cabaran 100 hari pertama Khairy!

(Kenyataan Media oleh Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Isnin, 4 Oktober 2021)