Catastrophe avoided because of lockdown, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: The lockdown imposed has managed to avert a catastrophe, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general told Astro Awani that the country was facing the possibility of 13,000 Covid-19 cases per day in mid-June and the number could have skyrocketed to 40,000 a few weeks later.

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