Covid-19: Only two new cases in Penang as rate of increase falls in Malaysia
Today, not only has the rate of increase in the increase in the number of cases fallen, the absolute numbers for Penang and Malaysia have also plunged. In Penang, only two new cases, as the total inched up by just 3% to 68.
Despite daily spikes in cases, rate of increase has stabilised a bit
The bad news is that the number of coronavirus cases in Malaysia continues to rise – today was the highest (212 new cases) so far for the country. But the good news, if you could call it that, is that the percentage rate of increase is generally lower than it was last week, before the movement restrictions came into effect.
Check out the table below that I compiled. Does that mean the stay-at-home mode is having an effect? I hope so.
Coronavirus cases in Penang jump by 13 to 50 today
As the number of cases in Malaysia spiked by 153 to 1,183, Penang saw its highest daily increase of 13 cases today, taking its total to 50. So far, just one of those 50 has been discharged.
Coronavirus tests: Where does Malaysia stand?
How are we faring in our testing of suspected cases of coronavirus? This graph shows where we stand among a group of selected countries of interest. The figures are for tests per million people.
George Town quiet as night falls on first day of movement control
The first day of movement control has ended with mixed results.
Generally traffic was very light on the road in George Town tonight. Most shops were closed, apart from convenience stores. A couple of hawkers stalls and a few small eateries were selling ta pau food to customers. But most didn’t bother to open as there were only a few pedestrians on the streets.
How has China contained the rapid spread of coronavirus?
Many marvelled when China was able to build 16 temporary hospitals in Wuhan in record time, but few are aware that all 16 were closed by 10 March after serving their purpose.
Allow Parliament to test Muhyiddin’s support
Last week’s events have left many people horrified. It was certainly a leap year 29 February with so many MPs leap-frogging left, right and centre. Appalling. And now the tainted old guard are back. But the struggle for a new, more inclusive, Malaysia continues.
Aliran issued this statement today:
Aliran is appalled over the ousting of a democratically elected government by MPs who cast aside the five-year mandate given by voters in the last general election.
Political turmoil in Putrajaya
Stay calm. Whatever happens in Putrajaya, the people’s will must prevail.
Forum in KL: The reform agenda – Are we on track?
Whatever happens at the Pakatan Harapan leadership council meeting, what matters most is the fate of the reform agenda. Come and attend this forum in KL to find out what’s going on and whether the interests of the people will be upheld.
Our train service – the lost generation
Our train network. A magnificent legacy (though of course the trains were used back then largely to transport commodities to feed the Empire). But for almost a generation since the mid-1980s, while the government focused on the “national car” (which bled red ink) and tolled highway (cashcows), our trains and supporting infrastructure were neglected.
This is it – The Big Forum in Penang on 15 February 2020
This is it, the main event, organised by a string of grassroots, civil society, residents’ and fisherfolk representatives in Penang.
We are Water: Chap Go Meh by the river
Aida Redza and her troupe held participants at the riverside Chap Goh Meh gathering spellbound as they performed a dance in tribute to water called We are Water.
‘Mitigation’? Or another hillside project?
What’s going on here? Independent filmmaker Andrew Ng Yew San wonders what is happening at this hillside near Chee Seng Garden in Tanjung Bungah. It doesn’t look pretty.
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Two New Year wishes – and a ‘free gift’ for you
I would like to wish all my blog readers a Happy Lunar New Year.
A ‘Kipahit’ experience: Whither PH?
Hours after the Kimanis by-election result, the wisecracks were already circulating: “Kimanis has become Kipahit” (manis means sweet; pahit means bitter) for Pakatan Harapan.
Barisan Nasional romped home to victory in the Kimanis by-election in Sabah with a larger majority of 2,029 compared to its 156-vote majority in the 2018 general election.
One of the big issues that BN played up was the issue of the Sabah temporary pass, which the Sabah PH government plans to issue to undocumented persons in the state. Just two days before the by-election, speaker after speaker from BN railed against the proposed pass at a large rally. Full article on Aliran website
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Good work, Latheefa…
Well done, Latheefa, for making public the revelations that have added some much-needed context and background to the kleptocratic government we had previously.
Book launch: Local Democracy Denied?
From his six years experience serving in the Penang Island City Council, Dr Lim Mah Hui shares his perspectives on local government and the way forward to strengthening local democracy, which includes not only bringing back local elections but just as importantly encouraging more public participation.
The other side of Maszlee Malik
Opinion is heavily polarised between those who wanted Maszlee Malik out as education minister out and those who want him to remain.
No justification to waste millions on expensive Mount Erskine underpass
The latest press statement by Penang Forum:
Who should replace Maszlee as education minister?
Now that Maszlee Malik has resigned as education minister, attention has turned to who will succeed him in the hot seat.