Malaysia's Covid-19 Numbers are Worrying

Malaysia’s Covid-19 numbers are worrying. Yesterday, the caseload climbed to 30,000.

 

The Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (right) on Wednesday announced that the Covid-19 infectivity rate or R-naught (R0) for Malaysia has dipped and he wants it reduced further to less than 1.0. 

He had explained the R0 came down from 2.2 when the third wave started on September 20 to 1.1 following the enforcement of the Conditional Movement Control Order. 

I’ve got to ask this – what "third wave"? I believe this is the second wave because we went through MCO, followed by CMCO and RMCO – before we did a U-turn and saw us undertaking a partial return to CMCO. Therefore, this second CMCO represents the second wave! 

I think somebody doesn’t know how to count. Besides, I don’t think we should make it look more serious than it is. 

What say you, Dr Noor Hisham? 

On another note, on Sabah, Deputy Health Director-General Dr Rohaizat Yon (left) clarified on Thursday that the total number of beds for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and PKRCs (Quarantine and Low Risk Covid-19 Treatment Centers) in Sabah is 8,506 with a usage rate of 43 percent. 

(If you don't know what I'm talking about, please refer to my earlier post on the subject dated October 27, 2020 titled "CMCO's 14-Day Extension")

I guess I am inclined to believe the health professional rather than the politician.