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PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The conditional motion control order (MCO) has successfully slowed the spread of Covid-19 in the country, says Director General of Health Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said that without the implementation of the conditional MCO, some four million Malaysians were expected to have been infected with the virus.
“Today, we see only about 106,000 reported cases so far,” he said during his daily briefing on Covid-19 on Monday (December 28).
Dr. Noor Hisham said that the implementation of the first motion control order (MCO) was very successful in terms of reducing the infection rate, however it had a very large impact on the economy.
“During this third wave, the Ministry (actually) wanted to re-implement an MCO, but due to the huge impact it would have on the economy, we have implemented the conditional MCO instead,” he said.
Dr. Noor Hisham also reminded people to continue to follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure the infection rate is kept under control.
He expressed confidence that if people continued to adhere to standard operating procedures, the number of daily positive cases in the country could be reduced in the next three weeks. – Bernama
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