LETTER | Covid-19 poses a millennial type of threat to national security
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LETTER | The proclamation of the state of emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agung drew mixed reactions from the public and politicians to the extent that some politicians had pursued the matter to the court to decide on its legality.
While I am personally not interested to discuss its legality as this is best left to the law experts, allow me to share some academic insights on public health as a national security issue.
The term national security is popularly associated with war, cold war, guerilla-type of war, confrontation, espionage, cybersecurity, and perhaps bioterrorism threats. Public health issue may not come under this category.