JUNE 20 — Malaysia has been fighting the Covid-19 pandemic for over a year. The frontliners are worn out and drained, both mentally and physically.
There have been many calls to officially publish and use the positivity rates of Covid-19 cases – number of cases/number of tests x 100%. Why is this important? Here is a graph of the 7 day moving average of positive cases and the positivity rates. Number of tests were calculated from the CPRC telegram channel by looking at the difference in total tests between days. Ideally we would want to see a reduction in absolute number of cases AND positivity rates. Both numbers should not be considered in isolation as it can give us a false sense of security, eg. Post FMCO – case numbers are coming down but the positivity rate is fairly static.
There must be no exceptions to SOPs that are enforced; even frontliners were NOT allowed to cross borders to return home – relaxing the rules for students has just caused more harm than good.
Adherence to SOPs and hygiene..