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PUTRAJAYA: Building more hospitals is not going to solve the Covid-19 problem if the public does not change their behavior, said the Prime Minister’s Special Public Health Adviser, Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood.
She said that when dealing with the pandemic, it must start with the public practicing Covid-19 preventive measures and influencing those around them.
“We have to change our behavior. We really have to help, think about frontline workers who are struggling, overworked and depressed, ”he said today in a webinar session titled Business in the Covid-19 Era: Restoring Business Scenarios with Covid-19 .
Moderated by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Water, Datuk Seri, Dr. Zaini Ujang, the session also featured the Executive Director of PEMANDU Associates Sdn Bhd, Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
Dr. Jemilah also expressed her greatest concern that less developed nations had limited access to Covid-19 vaccines as rich countries were buying more than they needed.
“Where are we going to get our vaccines if everything has been monopolized by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union? Where is the chance that the less developed world will get this?
“Almost like apartheid, you know, only people who have a vaccine certificate can travel and do business when the developing world has no access,” he said, adding that the situation required a reestablishment of core values and humanity. .
Meanwhile, Jala said that Covid-19 was a massive challenge for businesses with statistics showing that around 34,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country had closed, as of October last year.
Asking companies to reinvent themselves by practicing ESSA (Eliminate, Simplify, Standardize and Automate), Jala said: “I always tell people, in a crisis like this, don’t waste the opportunity; people know that ESSA is necessary. I think it is essential that all companies go through an ESSA process, while they are still locked up. “
He proposed that government and businesses take a collaborative approach to move toward the digital front, noting that last year alone, Amazon saw a 34 percent increase in global sales to $ 330 billion, while Alibaba achieved 74. billion dollars in sales in just one day in November.
“This is a great opportunity for Malaysia to advance on the digital front. The government cannot do it, sitting alone and doing all the infrastructure. Businesses should come and seize this opportunity, instead of crying over Covid-19, ”he said. -Called
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