Malaysians, please save Malaysia

ADUN SPEAKS | The Covid-19 is spreading drastically across the country. At the moment, the number of confirmed cases in Malaysia is 790 with two deaths recorded.

Public life in Malaysia has methodically ground to a halt after the announcement of movement control order by the prime minister on last Monday. This order has resulted in companies having instituted mandatory work from home policies, hundreds of schools and universities closed or switched to online classes and professional sports suspended play indefinitely.

And yet, many Malaysians seem unbothered by the pandemic. They are still continuing “the normal-life behaviour”, gathering in crowds and chilling out at eateries and stalls as they don’t even care at all of the order.

Continuing this attitude is selfish and reckless during this pandemic. It will speed up the spread of the virus, increasing the suffering for older and more vulnerable people, frontliners and medical workers who will be caring for them...