Unemployment will hit close to 200 million by the time the contagion fizzles out. The scale of destruction has never before been seen since a century ago. Then, the 1918 Spanish flu infected about 500 million, or one-third of the world’s population. It killed one-tenth of those infected.
Additionally, funding should go to setting up a dedicated centre for disease control and prevention. The centre’s purpose will be to help the government anticipate future contagions. The centre should carry out biological research on potentially harmful pathogens and on possible vaccines to destroy them. It should also draft a comprehensive health-surveillance system using digital technology.
All this information will give the government a better handle on the outbreak’s impact on health facilities. Modelling using data can make the government better prepared as to when to impose or lift a lockdown, institute travel bans, close the border and intensify contact-tracing. Data analysis will therefore give the government a quicker and richer picture of the evolving reality. It will enable the government to make evidence-based decisions to counter the threat.
Msia is never pandemic free, only different virus
Think they shud start prepping for new spikes in our Covid-19 numbers if they’re allowing Ramadhan bazaars to operate 😳