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PETALING JAYA: The people’s health should take precedence over the economic well-being of the country in the Covid-19 war, but there are ways to moderate the pain, according to two economists
theSun spoke to.
Universiti Utara Malaysia professor of economics Dr K. Kuperan Viswanathan said the country can recover from economic losses, but lives cannot be replaced.
“It would be naive to put the economy before the health of the people,” he said.
Kuperan pointed out that whenever the government imposes a movement control order (MCO), the main objective is to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
“We do not want to end up like India, where (the healthcare system) has run out of nearly everything and the people are not getting the help they need,” he said.