I've been collecting data on the coronavirus infections in Malaysia ever since the country went into its first lockdown on the 18th of March last year. It is now 440 days and although we have gone through various stages of lockdowns ever since, there is no sign of the situation improving in the country.
Indeed, with the inept leadership and level of competency shown at federal level, the concern is getting from bad to worse One statistic that stood out from my database is the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Penang since the first day. Little has been said about this but I would want to highlight it now.
It should be a big concern to everyone that the number of deaths has been increasing exponentially in the past two weeks. Right until 17 May 2021, the death toll stood at 42 casualties. That was spread over 426 days.
Immediately after that, more people had died in the next 14 days that in all the preceding 426 days. From 42 deaths on 17 May 2021, the tally on 31 May 2021 rose steeply to 82 deaths: an almost 100 percent increase in numbers. But I guess this is a trend that is reflected across the whole country and not for Penang alone.
Folks, we simply need to keep our guard up. It is solely up to us, whether we like it or not. The coronavirus is an invisible enemy and it cuts across all races and ethnicity. The virus doesn't rest for faith and politicking. It doesn't rest at 8pm when all business activities are required to stop according to government regulations. Covid-19 does not stop at all.
It's scary and we need to do our part to help ourselves, our family and society as a whole by avoiding physical socialising to keep the spread at bay. We cannot depend on others and those people in power. Keep safe.
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