Lim said the 1,925 new cases reported yesterday place Malaysia 35th among countries in the world with the highest daily increase, and that the country “seems to be losing control of the pandemic”.

“The last Cabinet meeting of the year today should try to rectify its mistakes in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic and should summon a special Parliament sitting in January to address the runaway situation in the third wave of the pandemic, with a new ‘all-of-government’ and ‘whole-of-society’ strategy,” he said in a statement today.

The Iskandar Puteri MP also repeated his call for the government to establish a Covid-19 select committee.

Pointing out that Malaysia is now among the worst countries in Asean in fighting the pandemic, Lim wondered whether a different approach was needed.

“Health experts are calling for a different strategy in Malaysia’s fight against Covid-19 to avoid further strain on the public health system.

“This should be the top item of the agenda of the Cabinet today, and an announcement of a new strategy to bring the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic under control should be announced after the Cabinet meeting,” he said.

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