Comment: A debt crisis will be waiting for us

AFTER more than two months of the movement control order (MCO), the Covid-19 pandemic is still with us.

In fact, many epidemiologists say that as long as a vaccine is not found or herd immunity not achieved, the coronavirus will continue to spread relentlessly. What the government can do is to merely attempt to "flatten the curve" by trying to ensure that our public health system is able to handle the number of infected patients. In this way the death rate of those being treated may be reduced even if fatal cases cannot be completely stopped.