According to a media release, Malaysia has declared a state of emergency to stop the spread of COVID-19 within the country.
The request has been granted by King Abdullah Ahmad Shah on 12 Jan 2021 and the order will be effective till 01 Aug 2021. It was reported that the emergency proposal initially rejected in Oct 2020. However, the situation in the country has changed since then.
The approval came after the King noted that the beds and intensive care slots for delegated for COVID-19 patients were nearly full.
Malaysia has recorded more than 2000 infected cases daily for the past week. It has caused the country’s medical system to be at the brink of collapses. With that said, only 100 beds are now available for COVID-19 patients at hospitals and quarantine centres.