Covid-19 cases on the rise in the wake of public apathy


EVEN the usually calm and collected Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) appeared agitated as he lamented the public apathy that has led to the emergence of new Covid-19 clusters.

As the Health director-general pointed out during one of his regular press conferences last week, since Malaysia entered the recovery movement control order (MCO) period on June 10 – when we were given the flexibility to return to some semblance of normal life – people have grown complacent in avoiding infection, leading to a spike in the country’s tally of cases.

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