Malaysia is second in Covid-19 fight success
Compiled by ALLISON LAI and R. ARAVINTHAN
MALAYSIA has been ranked the second most successful country in the fight against Covid-19 after Taiwan, China Press reported.
A Japanese think tank recently released an evaluation report on the response of 49 major countries in dealing with the virus and Malaysia came in second with a combined score of 144.
Taiwan scored 180 points out of 200 in the assessment of two criteria – pandemic damage and economic damage due to Covid-19.
Hong Kong was ranked third with 143 points, followed by Thailand (126), China and South Korea (124), Australia (120), New Zealand (99), Japan (95) and Norway (90).
The United States, which has attracted much attention due to its high positive cases, ranked 41st with 24 points, while the United Kingdom with 23 points was ranked 43rd.
Peru’s overall 10 points placed it at the bottom of the list.
The report said that South-East Asian countries enjoyed higher rankings because they were alert to the development of the “unidentified pneumonia” earlier and implemented travel control early, which has the greatest effect.
The report noted that the development of pandemic damage and economic damage was largely related to how each country responded.
MALAYSIA has been ranked the second most successful country in the fight against Covid-19 after Taiwan, China Press reported.
A Japanese think tank recently released an evaluation report on the response of 49 major countries in dealing with the virus and Malaysia came in second with a combined score of 144.
Taiwan scored 180 points out of 200 in the assessment of two criteria – pandemic damage and economic damage due to Covid-19.
The United States, which has attracted much attention due to its high positive cases, ranked 41st with 24 points, while the United Kingdom with 23 points was ranked 43rd.
Peru’s overall 10 points placed it at the bottom of the list.
The report said that South-East Asian countries enjoyed higher rankings because they were alert to the development of the “unidentified pneumonia” earlier and implemented travel control early, which has the greatest effect.
The report noted that the development of pandemic damage and economic damage was largely related to how each country responded.
Source: The Star Online Nation, Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020
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