Former deputy Health DG: Movement control not well thought-out, poorly executed


KUALA LUMPUR: The movement control order (MCO) may be a good move, but the plan and implementation have not been well thought out and poorly executed, says former deputy Health director-general Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.

The people were not well prepared and did not seem to understand what the order entailed and how it was going to help control the Covid-19 spread, he said.

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