PETALING JAYA: The government is moving in the right direction by choosing to tighten certain standard operating procedure (SOP) instead of reverting to a blanket nationwide movement control order (MCO), say experts.
Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Raj Kumar Maharajah said as Covid-19 cases were now mainly localised in three states – Sabah, Kedah and Selangor – the government’s stand not to reintroduce a nationwide MCO at the moment was reasonable.
If the Health Ministry could continue to contain Covid-19 cases at the district level and introduce a targeted MCO at those affected areas, then the risk of infections spreading would be lowered, said Dr Raj Kumar. Also yesterday, an inter-district travel ban took effect in Sabah, the state with the highest number of Covid-19 cases, with the restriction ending on Oct 16.
“I believe that in deciding not to reintroduce the MCO now, the government has taken into consideration the difficulties faced by the people during the MCO earlier this year.“We relaxed a little and now cases are spreading like wildfire.Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai said the country cannot afford another MCO as the government had already funnelled a total of RM305bil into various economic stimulus packages.
The measures taken by the government, including to tighten the SOP and impose targeted approaches, were good enough to handle the Covid-19 crisis currently, Soh added.
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