Malaysia must avoid becoming a lockdown loser

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From Murray HunterThere are now in excess of 10,000 new Covid-19 cases and over 100 deaths each day. There is little sign that these figures will decrease any time soon.Malaysia has always been more susceptible to any epidemic. The nation’s porous borders, and an average population density of 99 people per sq km, having densities in excess of 2,000 people in urban areas, makes any disease transmission difficult to suppress. There are only 1.6 hospital beds available per 1,000 people and 3.3 functioning intensive care unit (ICU) hospital beds per 100,000 people.In contrast, Italy, which last year ran out of ICU capacity due to a massive outbreak of severe Covid-19 cases, has 12.5 ICU beds per 100,000.Malaysia also has a high incidence of diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart and respiratory diseases and cancers among the population. This makes many Malaysians extremely vulnerab…