A handout photo of Malaysia's Parliament at work – briefly – in the last week of July, 2021, before further meetings were postponed due to Covid-19 cases detected in people who were present. Malaysia is in dire need of that 'whole of government' approach that the World Health Organisation recommended be used to handle the pandemic. — Reuters
Which is why the first day of Parliament’s reopening on July 26 after a protracted closure since the declaration of an Emergency on Jan 11, 2021, was a little disappointing. I was focused on my particular concern, healthcare, and a key highlight in the area was Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad’s outburst in Parliament, when the former Health Minister slammed his papers on the table, angry about the rising number of Covid-19 cases and deaths.
In fact, part of Dr Dzul’s anger was about how information isn’t being shared freely among government agencies, and about how authorities have been slow to quarantine and isolate people who test positive. I believe his was a call for greater collaboration more than just an outright condemnation of those in Putrajaya.
This is not what I would call “working together”. The fact that a small cadre of MPs seemed to band together to talk about this issue might even imply there was collusion.
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