Dr M: Rising Covid-19 death toll shows urgent need for parliamentary debates on pandemic


  • Nation
  • Monday, 26 Jul 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: The first day of the special sitting of Parliament kicked off Monday (July 26) with a fiery start when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Pejuang – Langkawi) sarcastically asked Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun if debates will be allowed only when Covid-19 figures hit 1,000 deaths per day.

Dr Mahathir, who interjected during Azhar's opening remarks on Monday morning, had cited the current severity of the Covid-19 pandemic, given the high infectivity rate of new strains.

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