Protesting without offering solutions doesn’t help anyone


MALAYSIA’S Covid-19 situation is at a critical stage because there are just not enough hospital beds. The vaccination rate is slowly being ramped up as supplies finally arrive while hotspot states struggle to contain a rising number of Covid-19 infections.

Amid all these measures, doctors and nurses are getting burnt out after one-and-a-half years of incessant long hours. Extra staff and volunteers roped in are also exhausted. People are suffering from lost jobs and incomes because of extended lockdowns.

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