CURRENTLY, a lively debate is going on worldwide over the use of face masks in public. In some cases, the discussion has unfortunately descended into opinions based on political philosophies and geopolitics rather than scientific reasoning.
In Malaysia, we are fortunate in having an excellent public health system that has controlled this first major outbreak of Covid-19. We were also fortunate to have sufficient hospital and ICU capacity to provide high-quality treatment of Covid-19 patients.
