Corona Chronicles: Voices from the Field: Malaysia
COVID-19 and the Myth of the ‘Dirty Foreigner’ in Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed some of the best and worst traits of Malaysians. When Malaysia imposed a ‘stay in shelter’ lockdown in mid-March, known as the Movement Control Order (MCO) or Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan, an outpouring of charitable acts by ordinary Malaysians to help fellow Malaysians followed.
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コロナウイルス感染症時代の権力
──マレーシア「MCO」についての記録と考察──
マレーシア政府は、全国的なロックダウンとみなされている大規模活動制限令（Movement Control Order、以後、MCO）を2020年３月18日から施行した。MCOは５月12日まで延長され、新型コロナウイルス感染症によるパンデミックを国内で封じ込める包括的戦略の柱となってきた。
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A Truly COVID-19 Malaysian Food Story
Worldwide, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, food production and distribution has been severely disrupted in a myriad of ways. This included panic-buying, delivery bottlenecks, export or import bans, sick factory and market workers which will have long-term economic repercussions.
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パンデミック下のマレーシア
－－コロナ禍に垣間見た強さと、ちらつく脆さ－－
不測の危機が訪れたときに、備えていた性質があきらかになるのは、人も国も同じなのかもしれない。このコラムでは、まず5月半ばまでのコロナ禍の状況を概観し、続いて5つのキーワードを挙げながら、これまでマレーシアがみせた強さと、これから露わになるかもしれない弱さを語ってみたい。
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Power in the Time of Covid-19: Notes & Reflections on the Malaysian ‘MCO’
The Malaysian government enforced the Movement Control Order (hereafter, ‘MCO’, being the form of nation-wide ‘lockdown’ as it is known locally) beginning from the 18th of March, 2020, and had since been extended until the 12th of May, as the main centrepiece of its overall strategy to contain the Covid-19 pandemic within its borders.
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Navigating Solicitudes in the Times of Pandemic
On Saturday 26 April, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) sent congratulatory notes to Malaysian frontliners in the COVID-19 battle and proclaimed that Malaysia has successfully cured 32.7% of its COVID-19 cases, the highest in the world, whose average was only 21.01%, while our case fatality rate (MIER, 24 April, 2020) was only 1.63% as opposed to the world average of 5.49%. It went on to state, this “proves that the government has done right and our healthcare is among the best and our frontlines are excellent!” (MIER, 2020).
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