The national MCO in March last year cost the economy RM42 billion a day, says a spokesman for employers.
He told FMT that appropriate measures were needed to control the virus and reduce its spread. The MCO in March last year had been very effective in doing so, but the country and especially the private sector could not afford to go through “the crunching effects of another MCO”. An economist, Carmelo Ferlito, of the Center for Market Education, said reverting to the highly-restrictive MCO would ravage jobs, with its effect on the economy disproportionately larger than its impact on the virus.
Since Christmas day, Malaysia’s national record for daily Covid-19 cases has been broken four times, reaching 2,335 on Boxing Day, 2,525 on the final day of 2020, 2,593 on Jan 6 and 3,027 yesterday.
Safety rakyat must come lo...
Bersenang-senang dahulu, bersusah-susah kemudian. Well done Malaysia 👍
Can't help thinking about the film Jaws
Setuju. Kjaan kena percepatkn vaksin utk semua
Capitalist menyalak eh kau tolong la gov resolve masalah ni... byk kes pun sebb pekerja korg x disediakan kediaman yg sesuai ... kalu korg boleh sponsor buat tempat kuarantin , beli brg2 medical facility , field hospital etc do so ...then fine bg lps bebas semua. Bongok n greedy.
Just buat laa pkp balik mcm dulu dua minggu. Skrg dah tak terkawal. Jgn dgr cakap kapitalis2 bangsat ni semua. Kalau ramai yg kene ramai yg mati sapa nak kerja? Pukimak betul
ni lah sbb nye x bole shut down sgt... shutdown komplen, tak shutdown komplen.. lepas tu tak bole nk kawal covid.. kalau lah covid ni manusia senang lah..
Still many do not understand what living with covid means.
Orang politik sama kapitan² industri, cuba bilang apa lu orang sudah bikin utk kekang C19.. ? Parti new year selambak. Karaoke himpit². Mall segala budak bawah 12tahun dan warga emas atas 60tahun belambak merayap. Lagi sibuk nak PRU 15. Pi maboklar korang.
Sekiranya PKPD/PKPB/PKPP dilanjutkan, diharap Kerajaan akan terus membantu lebih daripada 98.5% perniagaan-perniagaan kecil yang telah dijejaskan teruk dan sebilangan besar para pekerja yang telah kehilangan kerja.
Cool, so the situation now is positively great for everyone.
it is catch 22. which is more important ppl or ecomnomy? economy cannot be run by sick people. you need healthy people to run the business.
Choose LIFE or MONEY...
Another round of MCO may greatly impact businesses but if the current Covid-19 situation is not being controlled, the aftermath impact could devastate Malaysia for generations to come. Every day of delay to implement MCO may result in extra months or years to recover.
Be careful what you all wish for, it might just come true.
2 weeks people will not die But with the spike, people are dying on daily basis.
No 'delicate' balance, no one has been trying to balance this out for the past 3 months. This spike is due to Rakyat and politician not follow SOP. Its our fault and we need to pay the price. Dont forget what happened in Sabah.
Cannot b no restrictions with these spikes. Minimum needs interstate travel from klang valley stopped. Then targeted MCO is certain areas.
Actually we should procure the vaccines asap. That's the best way to cut the chain of infection, no? But things are moving like penyu.
No point MCO if once open ppl not follow sop
Look at the shutdowns in Europe, where are they now!?
Fikiran kapitalis totok.