... health experts believe existing restrictions will only be effective with strict enforcement - which is currently lacking going by the evidence of breaches that have gone viral - and, even then, will require a long period to significantly reduce infections.
"The government didn't show determination in reducing private-sector workers from interacting. Most work clusters are from there but only 40 per cent have to work from home," infection biologist Lim Chee Han told The Straits Times.
Mr Lim, who is from Third World Network, an international research and advocacy organisation, also said that reducing the business hours of retailers would be counterproductive as it would lead to a concentration of patrons, while public transport utilisation was already well below 50 per cent hence limiting capacity would have little impact.
Full article here: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-shuns-stringent-lockdown-looks-to-vaccination-to-overcome-covid-19
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