Is MCO necessary? Other countries didn't resort to lockdown, says Jomo

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Khazanah Research Institute research adviser Jomo Kwame Sundaram has questioned whether Malaysia's movement control orders (MCO) were the best solution in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting the people's welfare. This is as there were countries successfully fighting the pandemic without resorting to similar measures, Jomo said. "If we look at the situation in other countries, not every country has implemented MCO or something similar, such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Kerala in India, and even China."All of them did not implement an MCO or something similar, where people were forced to stay home and not leave for a certain period of time," he said.The economist added that the public tended to think there was only one way to control the pandemic which is through an MCO. However, other countries have used other methods which w…