Anwar warns decrease in daily cases does not reflect real Covid-19 situation

PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said the decrease in the reported daily Covid-19 cases in the past few days does not mean the situation is getting better.

This is because, he said, other publicly available data shows that there is still a high case positive rate and high fatality rates as well as decreased daily testing in the same period of time.

“It is possible to manipulate perception of the severity of pandemic through selective presentation of data.

“It is possible that data can be manipulated to show the virus is spreading fast enough to justify the ongoing granting of emergency powers to the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, but not fast enough to highlight...