Working together to win the war against a deadly invisible enemy worldwide | The Malaysian Insight

AS NATIONAL and civil society leaders coming together to issue this important statement on a non-partisan basis, we call on all Malaysians to do our part to co-operate and work together with the government and to move forward in one direction in dealing with the enormous Covid-19 pandemic crisis.

Time is of the essence and we support the recent government’s movement control order for a shutdown of the entire country, which has now been extended to April 14. We must support and applaud our police, armed forces and other authorised personnel in enforcing the MCO, asking people not to gather anywhere and to stay at home as far as possible, for the sake of our country’s survival.We are pleased that the government is getting help from China and South Korea for the supply and technical support for the many test kits needed in our country to identity people who are infected.

The government should ensure there is adequate supply of face masks at affordable prices to the general public. Otherwise, why are we asking the frontline healthcare workers to wear a face mask to protect themselves? They said they have just found out that many people who are infected and contagious show little or no symptoms at all but the data about this matter has been out there for nearly two months.

The severe shortage of face mask in the market is due to their unpreparedness, living in denial and having the wrong policy in the first place. However, Japan seems to have controlled the situation well with about 1,400 infections so far in a highly dense population of 126 million people. Much like many countries around the world, we are sailing in unchartered waters. We have no previous experiences to rely on, in dealing with such a contagious disease of this magnitude.

We should also learn and draw lessons from the weaknesses, failures and mistakes of other countries in dealing with this pandemic such as unpreparedness, playing divisive and race politics, living in denial, lack of knowledge, skills and experience needed to prevent, contain and control the spread of the virus and the lack of medical resources needed to treat their patients.

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