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Malaysia may now be in the “recovery” phase of the coronavirus pandemic, but sadly, we can’t say the same for the rest of the world.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday that the situation is actually “speeding up” and the “worst is yet to come”.
In his daily press briefing, Dr Tedros noted that some countries are now experiencing a resurgence of cases as they start to re-open their economies, but it seems the unseen reality is the fight is far from over.
He also pointed out that the “lack of national unity and lack of global solidarity” was actually “helping the virus spread”, and that it’s unacceptable that some countries claimed there were too many contacts to trace and that the process itself was too difficult.
The fact of the matter is, the solution to the virus continues to be the same: “Test, trace, isolate and quarantine”, with Dr Tedros adding that well-resourced countries that aren't fighting wars have little excuse for not carrying out good contact tracing.
Malaysia has been highly regarded as one of the best countries handling the COVID-19 situation with contact tracing, and the government has repeatedly insisted that we’re on the right track to eradicating the virus.
As of yesterday, Malaysia currently only has about 160 active coronavirus cases.
But that doesn’t mean we can let our guard down. All Malaysians must do their part in curbing the spread of the virus by of course, practising social distancing and maintaining good personal hygiene.
By: Kyle Roshen Jacob
