Malaysia reports 8,290 new coronavirus cases on Friday, another record
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[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia reported 8,290 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its fourth straight day of record infections.
This brings the total cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic to 549,514.
Daily infections have more than doubled since Malaysia declared a state of emergency in January in order to focus on the pandemic.
The pace of the vaccination has also failed to pick up. That has strained the resources of some of the nation's large hospitals, where the use of Covid ICU beds is at full capacity.
Criticism about the government's approach to a worsening pandemic and accusations of double-standards in enforcement of virus rules have resulted in an outpouring of anger on local social media in the past few months.
REUTERS, BLOOMBERG
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