Lockdown has failed, say MPs as infectivity rate hits 9.46%

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PETALING JAYA: With the Covid-19 positivity rate reaching 9.46% yesterday, two MPs have declared that the latest lockdown has failed.

Former prime minister Najib Razak noted that the infectivity rate, or R0, had hit 1.04 as of this morning.

He also said the number of daily new cases had breached the 6,000 mark once again, while yesterday’s positivity rate was a record high.

“Is the government aware that the three main indicators, namely the new cases, infectivity rate and positivity rate, are on an upward trend?” he asked in a Facebook post.

Given the current situation, he asked what the country’s chances of recording 4,000 cases for seven consecutive days to move on to Phase 2 of the national recovery plan were.

“MCO 2.0 (second movement control order) failed. MCO 3.0 failed. Will the total lockdown also fail? How many times do you want to fail?” he asked.


Meanwhile, former finance minister Lim Guan Eng said 100,885 Covid-19 tests were conducted on June 1, with 7,105 people testing positive, giving a positivity rate of 7.04%.

This, he said, was far beyond the World Health Organization’s recommendation of a 5% positivity rate.


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