Malaysia flood relief sluggishness caused public indignation,
Government officials inspecting the site were said to be a show
Malaysia has been raining heavily in recent days, with one day's rainfall equivalent to the previous month, causing huge damage to as many as 8 states. Many victims were trapped in cars, and some had to go to the roof to wait for rescue. At present, the number of victims has exceeded 20,000, and dozens of people are missing. In response to the disaster, the local government mobilized more than 60,000 people and allocated about S$97 million in disaster relief funds.
However, many victims complained that the government's rescue was a show, and a woman in the local Ulu Lengyue complained that she went to seek help from the rescue forces, but no one paid any attention to her, and her children stayed on the roof of their home until 5:30 a.m., and finally three Indonesians rowed to the scene to help them.
(Source: facebook/jk.taxiservice)
Among rescuers, there are many cases where they only listen to orders and do not know how to adapt. Some victims were soaked in the flood and asked firefighters who drove by for help, but the firefighters said they had not received instructions and could not act without permission.
When another family of six asked the military for help, they said they needed a break and asked the family to go to the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) for help, which told them to go to the Fire And Disaster Response Team (BOMBA), which in turn said they were going to find the Counter arrangement.
In the end, the family sought help from the volunteers and were rescued.
(Source: Facebook netizen Yuna)
On December 21, The President of Apple Inc. Cook of the United States posted a tweet saying that he would donate to the disaster-stricken areas in Malaysia, and many Malaysian netizens directly said that they would not donate to the government after expressing their gratitude, and gave the contact information of many non-governmental organizations to express their dissatisfaction with the government.
Not only that, many netizens are also complaining about the so-called personal efforts of government officials, just going to the disaster area to show off, and even delaying the disaster relief work because they are waiting for the leaders to arrive.
When Malaysian Prime Minister Ismay Sabiri arrived at the disaster area, he just rolled down the window of the car and waved at the victims, and did not even get out of the car. Abdullah, another national leader, walked into the disaster area wearing leather shoes and soaking his feet in water.
The temporary disaster relief centre at Prince Shah Alam's Garden was delayed by an hour because it was time for the minister to arrive.
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The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.73 million
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Yesterday, there were 29 additional deaths, bringing to a total of 31,221.
As of 2359 a.m. on 22 December, the occupancy rate of hospital beds in Malaysia was 63.9%,00%, the occupancy rate of ventilators was 36.4%, the occupancy rate of ICU wards was 56.7%, and the occupancy rate of isolation centers (PKRC, equivalent to square cabin hospitals) used by the mildly ill/asymptomatic was 22.4%.
Among the 49,395 active cases in Malaysia, 85.1% of patients recovered at home, 7.0% of patients were in PKRC Cabin Hospital, 7.2% of patients were hospitalized, 0.3% of non-intubated patients in ICU, and 0.4% of patients were intubated.
79.5% of Malaysia's population has been vaccinated with at least one dose, 78.3% of the population has been fully vaccinated and 14.9% of the population has been vaccinated with boosters.
There were 2,940 new confirmed cases in Thailand
The cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 2.2 million
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Thailand added 30 new deaths, bringing the total to 21,501.
The Philippines added 261 confirmed cases yesterday
and 122 deaths
The proportion of severe illness and critical illness is as high as 23.6%
On 22 December, there were 261 new confirmed cases in the Philippines, with a total of 2,837,784 cases.
The Philippines reported 122 deaths yesterday, bringing a total of 50,916 cases, with a case fatality rate of 1.79%.
Of the 122 deaths reported, 15 occurred this month, 17 in November, 39 in October, 27 in September, 10 in August, 5 in July, 1 in May, and 2 in June and April, the authorities said. The reason for the severe lag is because of a problem with the system coding.
The number of active patients in the Philippines fell to 9,238 from 9,384 the previous day, or 0.3 percent of all cases; the peak of active cases in the Philippines was 203,710 on April 17.
Of the active cases, 5.5% were asymptomatic, 34.1% were mild, 36.8% were moderate, 19.5% were severe and 4.1% were critically ill, and the total number of severe and critical illnesses was 23.6%.
The Philippines has a very high proportion of severe illness and critical illness, compared with 0.7% in Malaysia and 0.3% in Singapore.
Indonesia added 179 confirmed cases yesterday
and 10 deaths
On 22 December, There were 179 new confirmed cases in Indonesia, with a total of 4,261,072 cases.
On the same day, there were 10 new deaths in Indonesia, with a total of 144,034.