(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Malaysia has more than 10,000 confirmed cases for 21 consecutive days

　　China News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, August 2 (Reporter Chen Yue) The Ministry of Health of Malaysia reported on August 2 that as of 12 noon that day, there were 15,764 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the country in the past 24 hours.

This is Malaysia’s 21st consecutive day with over 10,000 newly confirmed cases in a single day.

Data map: The picture shows a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur with few people.

　　The capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Selangor area (Selangor area) are still the most severely affected areas in Malaysia. On the same day, there were 7,603 new confirmed cases in the Selangor area, accounting for nearly half of the new cases in Malaysia.

Glass, Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan, because they met the national recovery plan targets, the Muhyiddin government announced on the same day that they would enter the third phase of the national recovery plan on the 4th of this month, allowing dine-in and more society to be opened. Economic field operation.

　　The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia in charge of the vaccination plan, Hayri Jamaluddin, said on the same day that the Klang River Basin in Klang Valley is expected to reach the peak of the epidemic in a week, and a "turning point" is expected thereafter.

According to him, currently 97% of adults in Klang Valley have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and this number is expected to reach 100% in the first week of August.

　　Due to 11 confirmed cases in Parliament, the ongoing special meeting of the Malaysian House of Commons announced that the meeting will be adjourned on the 2nd, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the opposition parties.

At the Congress meeting last Friday, the opposition parties are investigating the Muhyiddin government’s disagreement with the Supreme Head of State of Malaysia, demanding that Muhyiddin resign because of "disrespect to the Supreme Head of State and Parliament."

　　On the 2nd, members of the opposition parties, including former Prime Minister Mahathir and former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar, still went to the parliament, but were blocked by the police and failed to enter the parliament.

Opposition lawmakers then held a protest rally, believing that the government’s postponement of the Congress was an abuse of power, and once again demanded Muhyiddin’s resignation.

Mahathir also criticized that this was the first time in the history of Malaysia that a member of Parliament was barred from entering Parliament.

　　Nur Hisham, the director of the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, explained that, judging from the current genetic sequencing, the confirmed cases in the Congress meeting are most likely to have been infected with the delta variant virus, which is highly contagious.

After assessing the environment and infection risks of the Capitol, the health department recommended to the government to postpone the meeting.

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