Malaysia Needs to ‘Contain and Control’ COVID-19 to See an Economic Recovery: President Parti Warisan Sabah

The President of Parti Warisan Sabah (Sabah Heritage Party), Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, stated that the Government of Malaysia must commit MYR 5 billion to expand testing, tracing and monitoring efforts of COVID-19 cases, as well as for the roll-out of the vaccination programme. According to Mohd Shafie, it is essential to Malaysia that capital is set aside for these efforts; given the drastic economic impacts of further Movement Control Order (MCO) extensions. Mohd Shafie added that until the pandemic and infections are contained there will be no economic recovery for Malaysia.

Mohd Shafie believes a jump-start to economic activity would be provided by a much lower test positivity rate; citing the experience of other countries such as South Korea and its efforts to combat...