Malaysia opposes a US-led proposal to drop the requirement for WHO to consult governments and to attempt to verify unofficial reports on outbreaks allegedly occurring in their country.
Public sentiment captured in the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey, conducted from mid-October to mid-November 2021, was a “snapshot in time”, Khairy Jamaluddin says.
Between 12,000 and 47,000 excess deaths were projected in Malaysia during the Covid-19 pandemic as of April 26, 2022; daily estimated excess deaths peaked mid-March this year.