{"id":22531,"date":"2021-06-29T18:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=22531"},"modified":"2021-07-06T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:31:46","slug":"why-has-malaysia-fallen-so-drastically-in-bloombergs-latest-covid-resilience-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/why-has-malaysia-fallen-so-drastically-in-bloombergs-latest-covid-resilience-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Malaysia fallen so drastically in Bloomberg’s latest Covid Resilience ranking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s the height of international humiliation when the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was announcing the RM150 billion PEMULIH package on live national telecast, Bloomberg was broadcasting to the world that Malaysia has fallen to a catastrophic 51st<\/sup> position in the June 2021 Bloomberg  Covid Resilience Ranking out of 53 economies of more than US$200 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the emergency was declared on January 11 to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, we were ranked No. 16 in the Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After five months of emergency and 28 days of total lockdowns, we have fallen 35 rungs to the 51st<\/sup> rank in the June 2021 Bloomberg Covid Resilience Ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“There cannot be a more damning judgement of the dismal failure of the Mahiaddin government in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic in the last six months.<\/em><\/strong>“<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now we are even worse than Brazil,  Peru, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Colombia, Indonesia and India and only better than Philippines and Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even more shocking, the top ten countries are headed by United States, which for more than year has been regarded as the worst nation in the Covid-19 pandemic with a cumulative total of 34.5 million Covid-19 cases and 619,582 Covid-19 deaths, followed by New Zealand (2), Switzerland (3), Israel (4), France (5), Spain (6), Australia (7), China (8), United Kingdom (9) and South Korea (10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Asian countries ranked are Singapore (13), Japan (23), Hong Kong (30), Thailand (39), Vietnam (40), and Taiwan (44).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Bloomberg said: \u201cAlmost a year and a half into the pandemic, the best and worst places to be in the Covid-19 era are increasingly defined by one thing: normalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe biggest vaccination drive in history is enabling parts of the globe to abolish mask mandates, relax restrictions and dismantle border curbs, making the magnitude of reopening key to quality of life. Taming cases and deaths was once paramount, along with ensuring a robust health-care system. Now, the ability to essentially turn back the clock and return to pre-pandemic times is taking on an even greater significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the height of international humiliation when Muhyiddin was announcing RM150 billion Pemulih package on live telecast, Bloomberg was broadcasting to the world that<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCentral to that is an economy\u2019s openness to the world, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve introduced a new element\u2014Reopening Progress\u2014to Bloomberg\u2019s Covid Resilience Ranking. Two new metrics capture the ease of moving in and out of a place and how much air travel has recovered, alongside our 10 other measures tracking mortality rates to infection counts, freedom of movement to economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are among the top nations in the world  in two matters: Covid-19 cases per million of population and number of  Cabinet Ministers per million of population  \u2013 and the pernicious correlation of these two measures have landed Malaysia in a most unenviable position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, we passed the 5,000-mark for Covid-19 deaths when for the whole of last year, 471 people died of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where can Mahiaddin hide his face in the international arena?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will Mahiaddin’s RM150 billion Pemulih package be the silver bullet to end the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia and put the country on the road to recovery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even Muhyiddih does not believe so, as the daily number of new Covid-19 cases had not fallen below 4,464 cases since 17th<\/sup> May, although there had been a sharp drop in testings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two economists, Dr. Paolo Casadio and Dr. Geoffrey Williams have grave reservations, as they believe that apart from  RM150 billion being \u201ca headline-grabbing figure\u201d, the direct injections from the government are only around 6.7% of the headline figure as more than half of it are funded by the people themselves. Or to use their own words, \u201cthe rakyat are paying out of their own pockets for the lockdowns\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old strategy in the war against Covid-19 pandemic has failed and it is time for both  the Executive and Parliament  to craft a new and  effective Covid-19 strategy to win the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why the Cabinet tomorrow should rise up to the occasion to  resolve to convene Parliament before August 1 to spearhead a \u201cWin the War of  Covid-19 Pandemic\u201d coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malaysia deserves no less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lim Kit Siang<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MP for Iskandar Puteri<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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