On Saturday May 8, Malaysia’s top health official warned that 7000 COVID-19 cases a day could happen by the end of May.
“It was projected that Malaysia would record 5,000 cases by the end of May and around 3,000 cases by mid-month” Said Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Health Ministry’s director-general.
“But now, two weeks before the middle of the month, we have recorded more than 3,000 cases,” further commenting that cases will continue to rise to 4000 if people do not follow the COVID-19 restrictions.
“These are a very crucial two to four weeks for us to contain the infection. We cannot succeed without the collaboration of the people. Stay at home if possible. Have an in-house Hari Raya among yourselves just like last year. Last year after Hari Raya, there was no surge of infections. Why can’t we do it again?” he added.