COVID 19 PANDEMIC IN MALAYSIA AND POLITICAL CONNUNDRUM This is the situation in respect of the coronavirus pandemic in Malaysia on 18th November 2020. The total active cases are 50,390 - 37,254 = 13,136. This is only 0.04% of the total population of 32.7 million in Malaysia today. It is a very miniscule percentage compared to the population. So why is the government eager to impose an almost complete lock down in most states of Malaysia? There are other more important cases involving influenza, cancer, denggi etc that also needs urgent attention. But all resources are being diverted to only one target - coronavirus. I will come back to the above in a while. From the map, it is evident that the cases are most spread aroung the KL area, eg Selangor, KL and Putrajaya. So isn't it prudent that a Red Zone be declared in these areas? Why need to cover most states in Malaysia? The reason I suspect is political ....ie political survival of this b...