MP SPEAKS | Why no Malaysian research on Sabah poll's effect on Covid-19?

MP SPEAKS | It is puzzling that there has been no research done by any Malaysia-based research centres on the exponential rise of cases leading to the third wave.

Meanwhile, a study conducted by Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health National University of Singapore that was recently reported in the press found that the Sabah state election held last year had resulted in an estimated 2,979 Covid-19 cases in the first few weeks after polling day.

This amounts to 70 percent of cases reported in the state from Sept 26, 2020 (polling day) until Oct 12, 2020 when the government began imposing the conditional movement control order in Sabah and several other states to curb the outbreak.

According to the study...