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The government must accompany its full lockdown plan in curbing the spread of the Covid-19 with pivotal measures as Malaysia’s death rate is alarming.

Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) head of research Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi said Malaysia’s success in managing Covid-19 should not be measured just by the number of infections per day, but by the country’s cumulative death rate, which last peaked this year at nearly 0.38% on February 19, 2021.

“The government should have implemented a strict MCO at the latest by the end of April 2021, especially then the cabinet ministers were clearly stating the likelihood of another wave of infections.

“The government’s indecisiveness at that critical time compelled Pejuang’s leadership to highlight the urgency for the need for a full lockdown to be implemented despite it being on the eve of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri,” he said in a statement today.

In the grand scheme of things, the government has to establish a safety culture programme for the people to truly adopt the “new normal” rather than just repeatedly urging Malaysians to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOP), which has been shown to not be as effective, he added.

“Malaysians must be made to understand that the pandemic-free days of the past will likely never return and that our culture must change for us to survive and thrive moving forward,” he said.