PETALING JAYA: The projected exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, which would have seen Malaysia record more than 13,000 cases a day by mid-June, appears to have been averted with lockdown measures, says health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
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“We were plateauing and the last three days have shown a downward trend,” he told FMT when commenting on the seven-day average trend of Covid-19 cases.
“But we are not out of the woods yet.”
He reminded the people of the importance of staying at home and adhering to SOPs in flattening the curve.
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Noor Hisham said the intervention measures indicate that the exponential surge, as shown in the red zone trajectory of the ministry’s projections, had been averted.
The two-week total lockdown came into effect on June 1 as the government sought to address the rising number of Covid-19 cases.
Under the ministry’s projections, Malaysia should have recorded over 10,000 cases a day by now, and exceed the 13,000 cases-a-day mark by June 14.
In the past three days, fewer than 7,000 Covid-19 cases a day have been recorded. Yesterday, 5,566 cases were recorded, preceded by 5,271 (June 7) and 6,241 (June 6).-FMT