The DAP stalwart said that when the Emergency was imposed on Jan 11 last year, 2,232 new infections were reported.

And when it was lifted on Aug 1, the daily number of Covid-19 cases had surged to 17,150.

The total number of cases during the period rose to 1,130,422, while the total number of deaths rose to 9,184 from 160, he said.

“Nobody except Azmin would describe the Emergency to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of the Delta variant as a success,” the Iskandar Puteri MP said in a statement, referring to the international trade and industry minister.

Azmin said yesterday that PN’s “extraordinary success” had gained world recognition as the best government in managing Covid-19 recovery efforts.

He said under Muhyiddin’s leadership, the country managed to come out of the health and economic crisis.

In June last year, Azmin was criticised for dismissing claims that the government had failed to contain the pandemic in the country.

He argued that Putrajaya had instead managed to reduce the infectivity rate as well as the number of daily cases after implementing movement restrictions, including the third movement control order (MCO).

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