THE peak of the Covid-19 Omicron wave may have passed, and this will be clearer in the next two weeks following the Johor elections that was held on Saturday, an infectious disease expert said.
Dr Lim Chee Han said new cases reported in the next two weeks will show whether the spread of the virus is on a downward trend.
Lim added that the current Covid-19 situation is different from when Sabah held its elections in September 2020, after which political activities in the run-up to the polls were blamed for causing a new wave of infections.
Lim said at the time of the Sabah polls, Covid-19 was still a “new” virus to authorities; vaccination was not yet available, and campaigning activities had fuelled the spread.
For the recent Johor polls, he said the timing appears to have been after the worst of the pandemic, which, according to him, was mid-February, well before nomination day and the start of campaigning on February 26.
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Lim said with the country moving towards endemicity and most economic activities resuming operations, elections cannot be solely blamed for any new infections.
As long as movement is allowed for people to carry on with business activities and daily life, there will be cases.
“You can’t pin it all on the elections.”
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