When will Malaysia return to the pre-Emergency period when there were 2,232 daily new Covid-19 cases and four daily Covid-19 deaths on January 11, 2021 when Emergency was declared to combat the Covid-19 pandemic?
Even when we can return to the pre-Emergency period of having less than 2,232 daily new Covid-19 cases and four daily Covid-19 deaths, we have to surmount another challenge – when Malaysia can end the third Covid wave in Malaysia going back to the Sabah state election in September last year, making Malaysia carry the infamy of having the longest Covid wave in the world for over 15 months and still counting.
Both questions present the magnitude of the failure of Malaysia to handle the two-year Covid-19 pandemic efficiently and effectively, as Malaysia has been exposed as one of the top worst nations in the world in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic despite a high rate of national vaccination.
Now, Malaysia is suffering further opprobrium for a disastrous management of the floods in Selangor.
On Covid-19, Health director-general Noor Hisham has said the Health Ministry does not rule out the possibility of a rise in Covid-19 cases if the SOP could not be fully implemented during the flood situation.
Yesterday’s report of daily 3,140 new Covid-19 cases was a cause of alarm, for it destroyed the hopes of any rapid reduction in daily new Covid-19 cases, – as on the previous day, there were 2,580 daily new Covid-19 cases, lowest since May 3, 2021.
But Malaysia was in the 2000+ region for one day and we are back on the 3,000+ region, and we have been struggling in the 3,000+ region for the last ten days!
Are we to struggle in the 3,000+ region for the last 10 days of the year for daily new Covid-19 cases and must we wait until next year to return to pre-Emergency days?
Will the longest Covid in the world (the third Covid wave in Malaysia starting September last year) continue indefinitely into the new year?
Our daily Covid-19 deaths compare most unfavourably with other ASEAN nations – yesterday we recorded 57 Covid-19 deaths, as compared to 54 for India, 32 for Thailand, 11 for Indonesia, 10 for Philippines and two for Singapore.
Serious mismanagement seems to be the order of the day for the Ismail Sabri Federal Government.
In such circumstances, how is Malaysia to acquit itself creditably now that it is hit with twin disasters – the Covid-19 pandemic and the floods tragedy?
(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Wednesday, 22nd December 2021)
Bilakah situasi di Malaysia akan kembali ke era seperti sebelum darurat pada 11 Januari 2021 di mana terdapat hanya 2,232 kes harian Covid-19 dan hanya empat kematian akibat Covid-19
Bilakah situasi di Malaysia akan kembali ke era seperti sebelum darurat pada 11 Januari 2021 di mana terdapat hanya 2,232 kes harian Covid-19 dan hanya empat kematian akibat Covid-19.
Selepas kita berjaya kembali ke keadaan Covid-19 seperti sebelum darurat, kita masih mempunyai satu lagi cabaran besar – untuk menamatkan gelombang penularan Covid-19 yang terpanjang di dunia yang berlarutan di Malaysia sejak pilihan raya negeri Sabah pada September tahun lalu, yang telah berlangsung selama lebih 15 bulan dan masih berterusan sekarang ini.
Kedua-dua soalan itu membentangkan betapa besarnya kegagalan Malaysia dalam menangani Covid-19 selama dua tahun yang lepas dengan cekap dan berkesan, kerana Malaysia telah didedahkan sebagai salah satu negara paling teruk di dunia dalam pengendalian Covid-19 walaupun mempunyai kadar vaksinasi nasional yang tinggi.
Kini, Malaysia sedang mengalami masalah dalam pengurusan bencana banjir di Selangor.
Mengenai Covid-19, Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Noor Hisham berkata Kementerian Kesihatan tidak menolak kemungkinan peningkatan kes Covid-19 sekiranya SOP tidak dapat dipatuhi sepenuhnya semasa dalam situasi banjir.
Laporan semalam mengenai 3,140 kes baharu Covid-19 setiap hari menjadi punca kebimbangan, kerana ia memusnahkan harapan untuk sebarang pengurangan pesat dalam kes Covid-19 baharu harian – seperti yang ditunjukkan pada hari sebelumnya, di mana terdapat 2,580 kes baharu Covid-19 setiap hari, kadar terendah sejak 3 Mei 2021.
Malaysia mencatatkan kes dalam julat 2000+ kes selama satu hari dan kita kini kembali ke julat 3000+ sedangkan kita telah bergelut dengan 3,000+ kes selama sepuluh hari yang lepas!
Adakah kita perlu terus berhadapan dengan angka dalam julat 3000 kes ini untuk sepuluh hari terakhir 2021 dan terpaksa menunggu sehingga tahun hadapan sebelum kita dapat kembali ke era pra-Darurat?
Adakah gelombang penularan terpanjang di dunia ini akan berlanjut sehingga tahun baharu?
Kematian akibat Covid-19 kita berada dalam keadaan yang amat buruk berbanding dengan negara-negara ASEAN yang lain – semalam kita mencatatkan 57 kematian akibat Covid-19, berbanding dengan 54 di India, 32 di Thailand, 11 di Indonesia, 10 di Filipina, dan dua di Singapura.
Salah urus kelihatan seperti agenda utama Kerajaan Persekutuan Ismail Sabri ini.
Dalam keadaan sebegini, bagaimanakah Malaysia hendak membersihkan namanya apabila kita kini dilanda bencana berkembar – pandemik Covid-19 dan tragedi banjir?
(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Rabu, 22 Disember 2021)
