KUALA LUMPUR: Six medical professionals have called on the government to consider implementing a nationwide lockdown in view of a sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in the country. A joint statement issued by the doctors said they believe that if a lockdown were imposed, carriers of the virus could be easily isolated and identified, and this would help minimise the disease’s spread. “My medical colleagues and I have been engrossed with the development of the Covid-19 pandemic, and we can see the alarming rate at which it is increasing, from 41 new cases yesterday to 190 today. “If a lockdown is imposed, the many carriers in the community now will surface when they develop symptoms, while at the same time, they do not infect others. The joint statement was signed by Dr Teoh Boon Wei, Dr Asha Prerna, Dr Devindran Manoharan, Dr Sivaneswaran Annandan, Dr Kumar Neeraj, and Dr Komella Prakasam.

Source: New Strait Times March 15, 2020 14:48 UTC